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Village in Tamil Nadu, India
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Thirukkarugavur is a small town near Papanasam in Thanjavur District of Tamil Nadu. The town is famous for the Garbarakshambigai Temple.
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The temple is very ancient but is beautiful and neatly maintained. The templevis open from 5AM to noon and again from 4PM to 8PM. The best time to visit the temple is 5-6AM.
This town is on the Thanjavur - Kumbakonam road. Those who come from Madurai, Tiruchy, Coimbatore, Salem etc should get down at Thanjavur and take a local bus or taxi to Kumbakonam.
Read in the guideThis is a small village and from here you can visit Thitai, a guru stalam. In Thitai, you also should visit Anjaneyar Temple.
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