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Batlagundu is a town in Dindigul district in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India. Kodaikanal is only hour and a half drive from the town of Batlagundu.
The mother village of this place is Old Batlagundu. There is a temple called Mariamman temple at Old Batlagundu. There is a festival held in this place which is very famous in this region.
Places of tourist interest:
Mahaparameswari Mariamman Temple, located at OLDBATLAGUNDU
This temple is located in OldBatlagundu,and the main goddess is Mariamman, the mother god of this region. The festival hosted in this temple on Vaikasi,
Sri Lakshmi Narayana Perumal Temple
The temple is situated on the banks of the Manjalaru. The presiding deity is Sri Lakshmi Narayana Perumal (Sri Vishnu, with his consort Laksmi on his lap
Sri Sendraya Perumal Temple
There is an ancient temple of Sri Sendraya Perumal situated on a hill near old Batlagundu. The Arulmigu Kottai Karuppanasamy Temple is at Viralipatti village. The Arulmigu Sri Edamalai Mahalingam temple is situated near Kattakamanpatty village, three kilometers from Batlagundu on the way to Periyakulam. Kunnuvarankottai Kasi Visalakshi-Viswanathar Temple is in Kunnuvarankottai, the birthplace of the saintSri Sacchidananda Bharati I, the 25th Pontiff of Sringeri Sarada Peetam.
How to reach there:
Air:
The nearest airport is located at a distance 51.5 km at Madurai. The other nearest airport are the Tiruchirappalli Civil Airport located at a distance of 123.1 km from this town of Bathlagundu. The Peelamedu Airport at Coimbatore is located at a distance of 124.4 km from Coimbatore.
Railways:
Kodaikanal road junction railway station is approximately 55 kilometres from Bathlagundu. There are trains at regular intervals from this place to a number of cities and towns of India.
Roads:
There are roads connecting this town to all the major places of south India. The roads are also well maintained and there is bus service from and to this town to a number of important places of south India.
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