Location: Kanchipuram
Top Things to do in Kanchipuram
The 10 Best Points of Interest & Landmarks in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
The famous sari hub of the country, Kanchipuram is just 83 kilometers from Chennai. Apart from the silk weavers, the temple town is considered one of the holiest destinations in India. If you want to target a single stop to see temples, this is relevant for both Shiv and Vishnu followers.
Restaurants in Kanchipuram
1. Kayarohaneshwarar Temple
2. Sree Chakra Datta Sree Pada Sree Sai Peadam
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
3. Varatha raja perumal temple
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4.5 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By jalaramaaihv - Bengaluru, India
This is one of the important and big temples. The main idol is very attractive. There are beautiful paintings. The golden lizard is important attraction
4. Sri Ulagalandar Temple
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4.5 based on 81 reviews
Reviewed By jalaramaaihv - Bengaluru, India
This is a small but nice temple dedicated to Vamana. The main idol in trivikrama form is very very attractive and huge
5. Jain Temple
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4.5 based on 11 reviews
Reviewed By maryberlin85 - Tuticorin, India
The Temple is amazing in Architecture built with marble stone. Maintained very neat and clean. Looks very beautiful. Worth a visit.
6. Chitragupta Swamy Temple
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4.5 based on 49 reviews
Reviewed By SaraTraveller5
We started from Chennai early morning from our place and reached cmbt in 15 mins around 5 am. We can find many buses running from cmbt to kanchi at that time and took a bus to kancheepuram and reached kanchi within one and half hours due to very less traffic at early morning. Chitagupta temple is very near to kancheepuram main bus depot with a walkable distance of 3 mins we can reach the temple and temple will be open at 7 am only. Since we reached there before 7 we planned to visit kamachi Amman temple which is at a walkable distance of 10 mins and u can also get a local auto to reach kamakchi Amman temple in 5 mins. The early morning dharshanam of goddess kamakshi was a pure bliss and after that we came back to chitagupta temple. At around 08:30 we have completed our visit to both temples. Had our breakfast in a nearby restaurant and we started back to Chennai and reached Chennai at 11:30 am.
7. Kamakshi Amman Temple
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4.5 based on 161 reviews
Reviewed By Donna_in_India - New York City, United States
Kamakshi Amman Temple (Shri Kanchi Kamakshi Ambal Devastanam Temple) was rebuilt in the 14th century during the Vijayanagar period. It is one of the rare places in India where Shakti (sacred force or empowerment) is worshipped. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Kamakshi a divine form of the Goddess Parvati. It is also associated with one of the greatest Hindu saints, Adi Sankaracharya. One of the unusual things about this temple is the statue of Kamakshi shows her seated in a Padmasana posture (a yogic posture which signifies prosperity and peace), instead of the traditional standing pose which is present in most other temples of Parvati. Another unusual thing is that this is the only traditional Parvati/Shakti shrine in Kanchipuram, a traditional city with hundreds of traditional temples. This is a large complex with a temple tank and several mandapams (halls), including one with 100 pillars. The main sanctum has a gold-plated roof. This temple is very crowed on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays, when a large number of devotees come to worship. The temple closes daily at 12-12:30 until about 4:00 p.m. Non-Hindus are not allowed in the inner sanctum.
8. Sri Subramaniya Swami Temple
9. Mukteswara Temple
10. Kowsikeswarar Temple
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
