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The Nataraja temple in Chidambaram is located in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the Kollidam River (Kaveri), 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west from the coast of Bay of Bengal, and 220 kilometres (140 mi) south of Chennai.
English: The plan of the Nataraja temple complex in Chidambaram (not to scale, many details not identified). 1: East gopura 2: South gopura 3: West gopura 4: North gopura 5: 1000 pillar hall (choultry) 6: Shivaganga pool 7: Devi temple 8: Shiva Sanctum + Chit Sabha + Kanaka Sabha 9: Vishnu shrine
The Chidambaram temple complex, for example, has the earliest known Amman or Devi temple in South India, a pre-13th-century Surya shrine with chariot, shrines for Ganesha, Murugan and Vishnu, one of the earliest known Shiva Ganga sacred pool, large mandapas for the convenience of pilgrims (choultry, ambalam or sabha) and other monuments.
Chidambaram is one of the many temple towns in the state which is named after the groves, clusters or forests dominated by a particular variety of a tree or shrub and the same variety of tree or shrub sheltering the presiding deity. [2] The traditional name of the temple complex, Chidambaram Thillai Nataraja-koothan Kovil.
Le temple de Shiva Nataraja dans sa forme actuelle date principalement des 12e et 13e siècles, avec des ajouts ultérieurs dans le style dravidien. C'est l'un des lieux saints du Shivaïsme. Il est dédié au Shiva Nataraja (Shiva dansant). Il est en plein coeur de la cité de Chidambaram.
English: The Raja Sabha or 1000 pillar madapam choultry in northeast corner of the third prakara, past the Shivaganga pool. The photo suggests that there were a row of figurative sculptures as kutis.
The Govindaraja Perumal Temple, also called Thiruchitrakoodam, is a temple situated in Chidambaram, a town in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu , the temple is inside the premises of the Thillai Nataraja Temple , constructed in the Dravidian architecture .
Chidambaram Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Nataraja, the dancing Shiva. The dance of Shiva in Chidambaram temple narrates the Natya Shastra, the Sanskrit classic on performance arts. Date: Taken on 31 August 2017, 12:45: Source: Nataraja Shiva Temple at Chidambaram,, Tamil Nadu (36) Author: Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia