Koil
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For radio station in Bellevue, Nebraska, USA, see KOIL. For the Indonesian industrial rock band, see Koil (band). For the 2004 Indian Tamil film, see Kovil (film). For the city in Uttar Pradesh, India formerly known as koīl, see Aligarh.
Koil or Koyil or Kovil, (meaning: residence of God[N 1]) is the Tamil term for a distinct style of Hindu temple with Dravidian architecture. Both the terms koyil (கோயில், kōyil) and kovil (கோவில், kōvil)[1] are used interchangeably. In Tamil, kōvil (wikt:ta:கோவில்)[2] is the word derived, according to the rules of Tamil grammar.[N 2]
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