Krishnankoil is a small village located in

Virudhunagar District Virudhunagar District is a district (an administrative district) of Tamil Nadu state in south India. Virudhunagar is the district headquarters of Virudhunagar district. Virudhunagar district was formed by the separation of Old Ramanathapuram D ...

, in the state of

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. It is located near the town of Srivilliputhur and the NH208 (national Highway) and is an

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al hub of the West Virudhunagar district. The name Krishnankoil is made of two words ''

Krishna Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...

'' and ''kovil''. ''Kovil'' in

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