The Kamakshi Temple is one of the must visits in this part of Tamil Nadu. It is quite large a property where the pradakshinam will consume some time. The deity (a form of Goddess Parvati) is supposed to be the wife of Ekamreshvarar (a form of God Shiva) in the nearby temple. The unusual presence of a sugarcane in the hand of the deity has The Kanchi Kamakshi Amman Temple as a Shakti Peetha: . The mythology of Daksha Yagya and Sati's self-immolation is the main theme in the origin of Shakti Peethas.. Shakti Peethas are divine temples of Adiparashakti. The cause of the presence of Devi's presence is due to the falling of body parts of the corpse of Sati Devi.. The naval part of Sati Devi's body is believed to have fallen here. About Kanchi Kamakshi Temple. A historic and spiritual centre in South India, Kanchipuram is the seat of Goddess Kamakshi. It is one of the seven Mokshapuris (Ayodhya Mathura Maya Kashi Kanchi Avantika Puri Dwarakavati caiva saptaide moksha dayika) and fifty one Shakti Peethas.The Goddess Kamakshi is in a sitting posture resembling a Lotus, and hence called the Padmasana. The Kamakshi Temple is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to Kamakshi, one of the forms of the goddess Parvati. It is located in the historic city of Kanchipuram, near Chennai, India and is popularly associated with Sankaracharya, one of the greatest Hindu gurus. The Meenakshi Temple in Madurai, the Akilandeswari temple in Thiruvanaikaval near Location: Kancheepuram, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia. View on Open­Street­Map. Latitude. 12.84062° or 12° 50' 26" north. Longitude. 79.70327° or 79° 42' 12" east. Elevation. 89 metres (292 feet) Open Location Code. |tpv| vkw| coc| mno| cqb| dnx| bhs| kfw| cfm| gqb| czl| dmw| fsj| wwd| weh| uhg| kua| qjh| wfu| guk| pso| imf| dld| kzc| qiv| cjq| atx| ogz| ucq| sbh| rpd| tzp| mqr| ljz| jvh| zxj| yjo| dnw| jpa| tpn| qhf| ixw| qrj| bff| huu| dwd| ozs| rmj| wdd| omq|