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Summary
Chitharal a temple situated at the hillock 7 km from marthandam dates back to 6th century A.D.Used to be a place of meditation and preaching of the Jain teachings was later housed a bagavathy temple, one can find both the mahavira idol and bhagavathy idol inside the temple as bad light presist and one is not allowed to take the camera's inside the temple its better to carry a torch to get some of the rare carvings inside and the hillock itself provides an amazing 360 view of the village that's all green and greener.