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Uraiyur Temple

Uraiyur :Located at a distance of 7 km from trichy. The deity here is goddess "Vekkali amman" There is no roof for the deity here which holds some legendary stories. A dominant importance for this place is that, it was the capital city of ancient chola rulers. Two cholas namely pugazh chola nayanar and Gochenkan cholan were born here An important devotee of Lord Vishnu called Thirupaanlzhwar was also born here. This is believed to be destroyed by a sand storm . A legend says that a fire blessed with divine powers defeated an elephant battle so, the name of this place is also called as kozhimangalam. Gochenkan chola who born is this place built this temple of Goddess sakthi.