Temple cars are chariots used to carry idols of Hindu gods. The car is usually used on festival days, when many people pull the cart.
Puri, in Orissa and Thiruvarur, Srivillipathur, Tirunelveli, Madurai in Tamil Nadu, host some of the largest annual temple car festivals.
As of 2004, Tamil Nadu had 515 wooden carts of which 79 need repairs.
Lord Krishna of Udupi has five temple cars, namely Brahma ratha (biggest), Madya ratha (medium), kinyo (small), and silver and gold rathas.
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List of Cities having Temple Cars
- Thiruvarur - First largest Temple car in Tamilnadu
- Andal TherSrivilliputtur - Second largest Temple car in Tamilnadu [1]
- Nellaiappar Temple, Tirunelveli - Third largest Temple car in Tamilnadu
- Kumbakonam Saarangapani Ther
- Avinashi, Tirupur
- Madurai - Many temples in and around Madurai have temple cars
- Tirunelveli - Many temples in and around Tirunelveli have temple cars
- Tiruchirapalli - Many temples in and around Trichy have temple cars
- Sivagiri, Erode
- Chennimalai, Erode
- Tiruchengode, Erode
- Cherai, Ernakulam
- Aragalur, Perambalur
- Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Elampillai, Salem
- Hamm, Germany: Sri-Kamadchi-Ampal-Temple
- Kadayanallur
- Kanchipuram
- Kapaleeshwarar temple, Mylapore, Chennai
- Karamadai, Coimbatore
- Madurai
- Nizhal Thangal
- Palakkad - Many temples in settlements of Palakkad have temple cars
- Palani - Golden car
- Pathi
- Puthandu
- Puri, Orissa
- Bhubaneswar, Orissa
- Suratkal, Karnataka
- Salem, Tamil Nadu
- Udupi, Karnataka
- Thirthahalli
- Tiruvallur
- Tiruvidaimarudur, Kumbakonam
- periyur
- Virudhunagar
- Veerampattinam near Ariyankuppam
- Yanam
- Seri Maha Mariamman Temple Devasthanam Kuala lumpur(Silver Chariot)
List of temples/cities having golden temple car
- Nellaiappar Temple, Tirunelveli
- MeenakshiSundareswarar, Madurai
- Subramaniyaswamy, Thiruchendur
- Kamatchiyamman, Kanchipuram
- SankaraNarayanaswamy, Sankarankovil
- Mariyamman, Bannari, Erode
- Velayuthaswamy, Thindalmalai, Erode
- Arthanareeswarar, Thiruchengodu, Erode
- Subramaniyaswamy, Sivanmalai, Erode
- Pachaimalai Murugan, Gobi, Erode
- Thandumariyamman, Coimbatore
- Kottaimariyamman, Dindigul
- Vinayagar, Eachanari
- Kamatchiyamman, Mangadu
- Subramaniyaswamy, Maruthamalai, Coimbatore
- Mundakakanniyamman, Mylapore
- Kapaleeswarar, Mylapore
- Anjaneyaswamy, Namakkal
- Vanamamalai Perumal, Nanguneri
- Dandayuthapaniswamy, Palani
- Kanthaswamy, Parktown, Chennai
- Ramanathaswamy, Rameswaram
- Balamurugan, Raththinagiri
- Mariyamman, Samayapuram
- Mathurakaliyamman, Siruvachchur
- Swaminathaswamy, Swamimalai
- Subramnya Swamy, Thiruththani
- Jambukeswarar, Thiruvanaikkaval, Trichy
- Maruntheeswar, Thiruvanmiyur
- Arunachaleswarar, Thiruvannamalai
- Devi Karumariyamman, Thiruverkaadu
- Vadapalaniyandavar, Vadapalani
- Vaidhyanathaswamy, Vaitheeswaran kovil
- Krishna matha, Udupi
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