Far Southern Tamil Nadu
Tenkasi district
Sankarankoil

Sankarankoil

Sankarankovil is a Municipality Town in the in the Indian state of , On the eastern slopes of . It was a demonym represents literally Sankara Narayana kovil because The Sankarankovil Town houses the famous Arulmigu Sankara Narayanar Temple.
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  • Type: Town with 57,300 residents
  • Description: town in India
  • Also known as: “Sankaranainer Koil”, “Sankaranāyinarkovil”, “Sankaranayinarkovyil”, and “Sankarankovil”

Sankarankoil

Latitude
9.1701° or 9° 10′ 12″ north
Longitude
77.5354° or 77° 32′ 7″ east
Population
57,300
Elevation
154 metres (505 feet)
Open location code
6JXV5GCP+24
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245582958
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1257379
Wiki­data ID
Q2231535
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Sankarankoil” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “শঙ্করাঙ্কইল”
  • Bishnupriya: “শঙ্করনকেইল”
  • Chinese: “桑卡兰科伊尔”
  • Chinese: “桑卡蘭科伊爾”
  • Dutch: “Sankarankoil”
  • French: “Sankarankoil”
  • German: “Sankarankoil”
  • Gujarati: “શંકરંકોઈલ”
  • Hindi: “शंकरनकोविल”
  • Italian: “Sankarankoil”
  • Japanese: “サンカランコイル”
  • Kannada: “ಶಂಕರನ್ ಕೋವಿಲ್”
  • Kannada: “ಸಂಕರಕೋವಿಲ್, ತಮಿಳುನಾಡು”
  • Kashmiri: “سانکاران کویل”
  • Korean: “산카랑코일”
  • Malay: “Sankarankoil”
  • Oriya: “ସଙ୍କରଙ୍କୋବିଲ”
  • Persian: “سانکارانکوویل”
  • Portuguese: “Sankarankoil”
  • Russian: “Санкаранкоил”
  • Spanish: “Sankarankoil”
  • Spanish: “Sankarankovil”
  • Tamil: “சங்கரன் கோவில்”
  • Tamil: “சங்கரன்கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “சங்கரன்கோவில்”
  • Telugu: “శంకరన్ కోయిల్”
  • Urdu: “سانکاران کویل”
  • Vietnamese: “Sankarankoil”

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