Temples in Pondicherry
The Varadarja Temple
Auroville is about 10 km north of Pondicherry. This project has about 900 residents spread over 20 km. About two thirds are foreigners.
Tirunallar
There is the Tyagaraja Siva temple here. in this temple is a shrine dedicated to the nine planets (nava-graha). The planet saturn has an altar inside the outer wall of this Siva temple. Saturn's blessings are overwhelming, but its wrath can cause great misery. Saturn was made powerless when King Nala took shelter of Lord Siva here. This is the most famous Saturn temple in South India.
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