Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple, located in Santharavuru,

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is dedicated to the deity Ramalingeswara (the Hindu god

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). The temple dates back to the

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period (12th century AD). According to ''

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'' the temple administrators claim that the temple has a bell that reverberates 108 times when struck once, and that there are only two such bells the other being at

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