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Ellaiamman Koyil

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Pondicherry’s Oldest Amman Koyil

We met Satish Gurukkal at Ellaiamman, to get some broad context on the temple even though it’s under construction and no utsavam is happening. He spoke a great deal about the…

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Vedapuriswara comes to Ellaiamman

Sri Ellaiamman Puja. We’ve been waiting for this puja, as we’ve been hearing of it ever since the first visit to Ellaiamman–that time when we went in search of one temple, and…

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Where is Ellaiamman?

Went in search of the Ellaiamman Koyil off Bussy st. Nearly missed it, because it’s a construction zone now, surrounded largely by Muslim homes. A little surprised by the scope of…

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