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Arunachaleswar temple, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

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There are temple towns, there are mountain towns, and then there are temple-mountain towns where God appears as a phallus of fire. Welcome to Tiruvannamalai, one of Tamil Nadu's holiest destinations.

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