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Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, the foremost Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu
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Shiva temples are Hindu temples with shrines of Shiva, one of Hinduism's principal deities.[a] It is estimated that there are over 260 Shiva temples in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[3]
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