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Temples were very important because they were not only the centres of worship; they served as a sacred meeting place for the society. Protected by kings and widely supported by endowments and other gifts, temples enjoyed dominance as centres of religious life/ socio-economic power and artistic production. They gave employment to many people like oil mongers (who supplied oil for the temple lamps), potters, dancers, musicians/ cooks, priests, accountants, metal workers, weavers and merchants supplying items like In cense, camphor, aromatic wood for rituals. Festivals, fairs and religious discourses were held here. People from distant lands came as pilgrims to temples. These temple towns developed rapidly some of them were Tirupati, Madurai and Pushkar.
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