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'''Manimangalam''' is a small town located in the [[Kanchipuram district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] state in Southern [[India]], famous for its ancient temples and inscriptions documenting the history of the ancient [[Tamil kings]]<ref name="JTH">{{cite book |last1=Julius Theodor Hultzsch |first1=Eugen |title=South-indian Inscriptions Volume III, Miscellaneous Inscriptions From The Tamil Country Part - I (Inscriptions at Ukkal, Melpadi, Karuvur, Melmangalam and Tiruvallam) (New Imperial Series - Volume XXIX) |date=1890 |publisher=Archaeological Survey of India |location=Chennai |pages=48–88 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34592/page/n73/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], the town had a population was 8198, of which 4,117 were males and 4,081 were females. The literacy rate is 72.60%.<ref name="Census1">{{cite web |url=https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s31543843a4723ed2ab08e18053ae6dc5b/uploads/2018/04/2018042395.pdf|title=District Census Handbook Part B 2011 - Kancheepuram |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=2022-05-30}}</ref> 
The town is located at a distance of {{convert|10|km}} from [[Tambaram]].

== History ==
Manimangalam is a town of historic significance. This place became famous in the [[Pallava dynasty|Pallava period]] as the site of the [[Battle of Manimangala]], in which the Pallava king, [[Narasimhavarman I]] is said to have defeated the [[Chalukya dynasty|Chalukya King]] [[Pulakeshin II]], and as one of the places mentioned in the [[Tamil copper-plate inscriptions]] of Kūram (in the modern-day [[Kanchipuram district]]).<ref name="LCT">{{cite book |last1=Balasubrahmanyam |first1=S. R. |last2=Balasubrahmanyam |first2=Venkataraman |last3=Balasubrahmanyam |first3=Ramachandran |title=Later Chola Temples - Kulottunga  I to Rajendra III ((A.D. 1070 — 1280) |date=1979 |publisher=Mudgala Trust |location=Chennai |page=XIX - Supplement |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/south-asia/book/later-chola-temples/d/doc212142.html |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref> It is said that the town housed exporters and merchants of precious jewels.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ramakrishnan |first1=H. |title=History through inscriptions |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/history-through-inscriptions/article2653084.ece |access-date=15 May 2022 |work=The Hindu |agency=The Hindu |publisher=Kasturi Group |date=23 November 2011 |language=en-IN}}</ref> As gathered from inscriptions in [[Sanskrit]] in local sites, the town was also known by ''Ratnagrahara'' and ''Ratna Grama'' (''The village of jewels'')<ref name="LCT" /><ref name="JTH" />

The town houses the 1000-year old [[Rajagopala Perumal Temple]], devoted to [[Vishnu]], and which is believed to have been built during the period of the [[Medieval Cholas]], and the Dharmeswara Temple, devoted to [[Shiva]], which is believed to have been built by [[Kulottunga I]] during the [[Later Cholas|Later Chola]] period. In inscriptions found in both these temples, it is gathered that the town had several other appellations - it went by the name of ''Loka-Mahadevi-Chaturvedi-Mangalam'' during the time of [[Rajaraja I]] (alias ''Rajakesarivarman''), by ''Raja-Sulamani-Chaturvedi-Mangalam'' during the reign of the following kings [[Rajadhiraja Chola|Rajadhiraja]], [[Rajendra Chola I|Rajendra]] and [[Virarajendra Chola|Veera Rajendra]] and also by a few other names . From the time of Kulothunga Chola I to the end of the third Kulothunga period, the town was called 'Pandiyanai Irumadi Venkonda Chola Chaturvedi Mangalam' ('the town belonging to the Chaturvedi Chola who conquered Pandyas twice'). During the 18- year reign of Raja Raja III, the town was called "Grama Sikamani Chaturvedi Mangalam" (''Jewel among habitations'').<ref name="JTH" />

== Temples ==
The Rajagopala Perumal temple is dedicated to the worship of Vishnu, in the form of ''Dwaraka-Pati'' ('the Lord of [[Dvārakā]]'), and was also known in Tamil as {{lang|ta|Vanduvarapati}}.<ref name="LCT" /> Besides this, there are two other temples in the town devoted to Vishnu called the Vaikuntha-Perumal temple and the Krishna-swami temple.{{fact|date=June 2023}} There is another temple called Kailasa-Nathar temple devoted to Siva.{{fact|date=June 2023}}

== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in Kanchipuram district]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Tamil Nadu]]


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