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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.
Chidambara Ragasiyam (transl. secret of Chidambaram) is a Hindu belief that there is a secret message conveyed through the embossed figure near the shrine of Shiva in the Chidambaram Temple. [1] [2] [3] Since ancient times, it is believed that this is the place where Shiva and his consort Parvati are present, but invisible to most people.
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.
Tirunilakanta Nayanar belonged to Chidambaram, famous for its Thillai Nataraja Temple dedicated to the god Shiva, patron of Shaivism. He was born in the Kuyavar caste of potters. [3] He made earthenware pots and other containers. He was a devout devotee of Shiva and distributed clay bowls to devotees of Shiva, free of cost.
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 .
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.
Golden tiled roof of Nataraja Temple in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. The roof of Cit Sabha was gilded by Chola Aditya I (871-907) and his son Parantaka I (907-955) during Chola Empire.. Items portrayed in this file
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