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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 .
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.
3 km southeast of Chidambaram, near the Thiruvetkalam temple Thirukkazhippalai 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast of Chidambaram Kattumannarkoil. Temple ...
When the later Cholas constructed the grand Shiva temple in Chidambaram it became the center of the town and the Thillai Kali temple location became the outskirts of the town. [3] From the various inscriptions on temple walls, it appears that the present temple was constructed in the 13th century C.E. by one Kadava Kopperunchingan, a local ...
The temple complex covers an area of two acres and all its shrines are enclosed with concentric rectangular walls. The temple has a number of shrines, with those of Paasupatheeswarar being the most prominent. The temple has three daily rituals at various times from 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., and many yearly festivals on its calendar.
The Vedanta Society built its first temple, called the Old Temple, in North America in San Francisco in 1905. [Note 1] [1] [2] [3] This temple has evolved into a bona fide Hindu temple. [Note 1] Through the 1930s and 1940s, Vedanta Societies were also established in Boston, Los Angeles, Portland, Providence, Chicago, St. Louis, and Seattle.
Kanagasabai is the Tamil name of the court in the temple of the Hindu god Shiva in Chidambaram in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. In this temple the main idol is in the dancing form, which is usually called Nataraja. Kanagasabai is a combination of two Tamil words, kanagam meaning gold and sabai meaning court.
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, 13:13: Source: Nataraja Shiva Temple at Chidambaram,, Tamil Nadu (59) Author: Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia