Most beautiful temple in India

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Devarajaswami Temple

Built by the Vijayanagar rulers, this temple is devoted to Lord Vishnu and features elaborately sculpted pillared halls. The prime highlight of the temple is a massive chain carved out of a single piece of stone. There is also a statue of Vishnu submerged in a large water tank within the temple.

Vaikuntha Perumal Temple

This temple is a must watch on your south India temple tour; built in the 7th century by the Pallava king Nandhivarman Pallavamalla it is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. The temple has a number of inscriptions depicting the battles between the Pallavas and Chalukyas. Inside the temple the presiding deity (Lord Vishnu) is shown in the sitting, standing and reclining postures.

Ekambaranathar temple

It is a temple having a tower of 59 m height and a 540 pillared hall.

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Varadarajaperumal temple


The temple was originally built by the Cholas in 1053 and it was expanded during the reigns of the great Chola kings Kulottunga Chola I and Vikrama Chola. In the 14th century another wall and a gopura was built by the later Chola kings. It is an ancient temple and one of the 108 divyadesams the holy abodes of Vishnu. It is located in part of Kanchipuram called the Vishnu Kanchi that is a home for a lot of famous Vishnu temples, including this temple. One of the greatest Hindu scholars, Ramanuja is believed to have resided in this temple. The temple is a huge one on a 23-acre (93,000 m2) complex and is famous for its holiness and ancient history. Another significant thing about the temple are beautiful carved lizards and platted with gold, over the sanctum. The temple is having a 100 pillared hall with rock carved chain. It is 3 km away.
How to Reach

Kanchipuram is around 60 km from Chennai. The nearest airport is Chennai. It is well connected by rail and road.

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Kanchipuram silk saree

Kanchipuram town is also known as Silk city, as the main profession of the people living here is weaving silk sarees. More than 5,000 families are engaged in this industry. The silk weavers of Kanchi settled more than 400 years ago and have given it a reputation as the producer of some of the finest silk sarees in the country. Child labor is predominant in this industry as it employs more than 40,000 children.

Silk saree weaving

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Tiruppartanpalli Perumal Temple at Tiruppartanpalli (Sirkali) near Chidambaram
Tiruppatisaram Venkatachalapathi Temple at Tiruppatisaram near Nagarkoil
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Tiruppulingudi Temple at Tiruppulingudi near Srivaikuntam (Tuticorin)

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Tiruthatakeswarar Temple at Tiruppananthal near Kumbakonam
Tiruttaleeswarar Temple at Aranvayil near Tiruvallur
Tiruttankal Temple at Tiruttankal near Srivilliputtur (Virudunagar)
Tiruvalankaadu Temple (in Tanjavur District) at Tiruvaalankaadu near Kumbakonam
Tiruvaleeswarar Temple at Kalathur (Ottivakkam) near Chingelput
Tiruvalleeswarar Temple at Arasur near Ponneri (Chennai)
Tiruvalleeswarar Temple at Arpakkam near Kanchipuram
Tiruvalleeswarar Temple at Ekanampet (Nathapettai) near Kanchipuram
Tiruvalleeswarar Temple at Kattur near Ponneri (Chennai)
Tiruvalleeswarar Temple at Padi near Chennai
Tiruvalleeswarar Temple at Paruvayil near Ponneri (Chennai)
Tiruvalleeswarar Temple at Tiruvanaikoil (Reddipalayam) near Kanchipuram
Tiruvalleeswarar Temple at Tiruvellavayil near Ponneri (Chennai)
Tiruvalluva Nayanar Temple at Chennai (Mylapore)
Tiruvaragunamangai (Nattam) Temple at Srivaikuntam (Tuticorin)
Tiruvatteeswarar Temple at Chennai (Triplicane)
Tiruverumbeeswarar Temple at Tiruverumbur near Tiruchirappalli
Tiruvinga Naathar Temple at Eengoi Malai (Kulittalai) near Tiruchirappalli
Tolaiyachelvar Shiva Temple at Tiruchotrutturai (Tiruvaiyaru) near Thanjavur
Totadrinathar Temple at Vanamamalai near Tirunelveli
Trilokanatheswarar Temple at Melattur (Papanasam) near Kumbakonam
Trippanniyode Mahadevar Temple at Valvechagoshtam near Padmanabhapuram (Kanyakumari)
Tripparappu Mahadevar Temple at Thripparappu near Tukkalai, Kuzhitturai (Kanyakumari)
Tripurantakaswamy Temple at Koovam (Kadambattur) near Tiruvallur
Trivikrama Temple at Sirkali near Chidambaram
Turai Kattum Vallal Temple at Kapittapuram near Mayiladuturai
Tuyar Teertha Nathar Temple at Omampuliyur (Kattu Mannargudi) near Chidambaram
Tyagaraja Temple at Chennai (Tiruvotriyur)
Tyagarajar Temple at Tiruvarur near Kumbakonam (Vidanga Stalam)
Tyagarajaswamy Temple at Tirukachur (Singaperumal Koil) near Chingelput

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Uchi Natheswarar Temple at Tirunelvayil (Sivapuri) near Chidambaram
Uchi Pillaiyar Temple at Tiruchirappalli
Udaiyaar Temple at Tirucherai near Kumbakonam
Udayavar Temple at Chennai (T Nagar)
Udvahanatheswarar Temple at Tirumananjeri near Mayiladuturai
Ugra Kaliamman Temple at Tanjore near Thanjavur
Ujjaini Om Kaliamman temple at Kannanur near Tiruchirappalli
Ujjivanathaswamy Hill temple at Tiruchirappalli (Uyyakkondan Tirumalai)
Ulagalanda Perumaal Temple at Kanchipuram
Ulagalanda Perumaal Temple at Tirukkoilur near Tiruvannamalai
Umamaheswarar Temple at Konerirajapuram near Kumbakonam
Unnathapureeswarar Temple at Melattur (Papanasam) near Kumbakonam
Uppiliappan temple at Uppiliappan Koil near Kumbakonam
Uthamar temple at Uttamar Koil (Bikshandar Koil) near Tiruchirappalli (Divya Desam)
Uthira Ranganadhaswamy temple at Pallikonda near Gudiattam
Uttara Vedeeswarar Temple at Kuttalam near Mayiladuturai

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Vaaleeswarar Temple at Kuranganimuttam near Kanchipuram
Vaaleeswaraswamy temple at Vaalikandapuram near Perambalur (Tiruchirappalli)
Vaaseesar Temple at Tiruppachur near Vacheeswarar Temple at Oyalkalavur near Wallajabad
Vadamoolanathar Temple at Tiruppazhuvur (Tiruvaiyaru) near Thanjavur
Vadapalani Andavar Temple at Chennai (Vadapalani)
Vadivazhagiya Nambi Temple (Tiruvanbil) at Anbil near Lalgudi
Vaideeswaran Temple at Vaideeswaran Koil near Chidambaram (Navagraha Stalam)
Vaidyanathaswamy Temple at Poonamallee near Chennai
Vaidyanathaswamy Temple at Sreevilliputtur near Virudunagar
Vaidyanathaswamy temple at Thirumazhapadi near Tiruchirappalli (Pullambadi)
Vaikal Natheswarar at Vaikal (Aduturai) near Kumbakonam
Vaikunta Perumal Temple (Parameswara Vinnagaram) at Kanchipuram
Vaikuntaperumal Temple at Maduramangalam (Sriperumpudur) near Chennai
Vaikuntaperumal Temple at Mangadu near Chennai
Vaikuntaperumal Temple at Nemali near Tiruttani
Vaikuntavasa Perumal temple at Tiruvennainallur near Villuppuram
Vaikuntha Natha Perumal Temple at Tirunangur (Sirkali) near Chidambaram
Vaimurnathar Temple at Tiruvaimur (Tirukkolili) near Tiruvarur
Vajrasthampeswarar Temple at Tirumazhapaadi near Thanjavur
Valakarutheeswarar Temple at Kanchipuram
Valampurinathar Temple at Melapperumpallam near Poompuhar
Valeeswarar Temple at Chennai (Mylapore)
Valeeswaraswamy temple at Kolianur near Villuppuram
Vallabha Vinayakar Temple at Tanjore near Thanjavur
Vallalar Temple at Mayiladuturai
Vallanadheeswarar temple at Thiruvalam near Vellore
Valleeswaraswamy Temple at Mangadu near Chennai
Valmikanathaswamy Temple at Cheyyur near Madurantakam
Valvil Ramar Temple at Tiruppullambhootangudi near Swamimalai (Kumbakonam)
Vamanapuriswarar temple at Thirumamanikuli near Cuddalore
Vanamamalai Temple at Nanguneri (Tirunelveli) (Divyadesam)
Vanamutti perumal at Kozhikuthi (Nagapattinam Dist) (Perumal made with fig tree)
Vanjeeswarar Temple at Tiruvanjiyam (Nannilam) near Tiruvarur
Vanmikanathar Temple at Vembadi Vetriyur near Devakottai (Sivagangai)
Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Chennai (Madhavaram)
Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Chennai (Purasawalkam)
Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Chingelput
Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Chinnambedu near Ponneri (Chennai)
Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Kanchipuram

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Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Lakshminarayanapuram (Padalam) near Madurantakam
Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Minjur near Ponneri (Chennai)
Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Poonamallee near Chennai
Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Tanjore near Thanjavur
Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Tirumarugal near Tiruvarur
Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Tirunangur (Sirkali) near Chidambaram
Varadaraja Prasanna Venkatachalapathy temple at Tiruchirapalli near Tiruchirappalli
Varageeswarar Temple at Damal near Kanchipuram
Varaguna Pandeesar Temple at Radhapuram near Nanguneri (Tirunelveli)
Varamurthi Eswarar Temple at Ariyathurai near Ponneri (Chennai)
Varasiddhi Vinayakar Temple
Vedagiriswarar Temple at Tirukkazhukunram near Mahabalipuram
Vedanathar Temple at Tiruvottur near Kanchipuram
Vedapureeswarar temple at Tiruverkadu near Chennai
Vedaraja Perumal Temple at Tirunagari (Tiruvali - Sirkali) near Chidambaram
Vedaranyeswarar Templeat Tirumaraikkadu near Kumbakonam (Vidanga Stalam)
Veerabadraswamy Temple at Hanumanthapuram(Singaperumal Koil) near Chingelput
Veerakumaraswami temple at Vellakoil near Dharapuram (Coimbatore)
Veeramarthandeswarar Temple at Ambasamudram (Tirunelveli)
Veeranar and Iyenar Temple at Alathur near Musiri, Patukkottai, Tanjore district
Veeranarayana Perumal temple at Kattumannar Koil near Chidambaram
Veeraraghavaswami Temple at Tiruvallur near
Veerattaneswarar Temple at Thirukovalur (Veeratta Stalam)
Veerattaneswarar Temple at Tiruppariyalur (Semponnaar Koil) near Mayiladuturai
Veerattaneswarar Temple at Tiruvirkudi near Tiruvarur
Veerattaneswarar Temple at Valuvur near Mayiladuturai
Veeratteswarar Temple at Padappai (Vandalur) near Tambaram
Veeratteswarar Temple at Tirukkandiyur near Tanjavur
Veeratteswarar Temple at Tiruvathigai near Panruti (Cuddalore) (Veeratta Stalam)
Veeratteswarar temple at Tirukurukkai near mayiladudurai
Veeravaranathaswamy Temple at Kinari (Karunguzhi) near Madurantakam
Veetrirunda Perumal Temple at Magaral near Kanchipuram
Veetrirunda Perumal Temple at Malayankulam near Kanchipuram
Velappaswamy Temple at Poomparai near Kodaikanal
Velayudhaswami temple at Kanakagiri near Sankari (Salem)
Velimalai Kumaran Temple at Padmanabhapuram (Kanyakumari) near Nagarkoil(Kanyakumari)
Velladainathar Temple at Tirukkurukaavoor (Sirkali) near Chidambaram
Vellai Vinayagar Temple - 108 Vinayagar at Dindigul
Velleeswarar Temple at Chennai (Mylapore)
Velleeswarar Temple at Meyyur (Sadurangapatnam) near Chingelput

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Vellimala Balasubramania Swami Temple at Kadiyapattanam near Nagarkoil(Kanyakumari)
Vellimalai Nathar Temple at Tiruttengoor (Tirunellikka) near Tiruvarur
Velljyangiri and Poondi Temples at Boluvampatti near Coimbatore
Vellodu Jain Temple at Cheenapuram near Erode
Vendurai Nathar Temple at Tiruvendurai (Tirukkottur) near Thanjavur
Vengeeswarar Temple at Chennai (Vadapalani)
Venkatachalapathy Temple at Sattur near Virudunagar
Venkatachalapati Temple at Krishnapuram near Tirunelveli
Venkataramanaswamy temple at Kattuputhur near Musiri (Tiruchirappalli)
Venkatesa Perumal Temple at Kattavoor near Ponneri (Chennai)
Venkatesa Perumal Temple at Tirumukkoodal (Pazhayaseevaram) near Kanchipuram
Venkatesa Perumal temple at Mondi at Mondipalayam near Coimbatore
Venkateswara Temple at Mudikondan near Mayiladuturai
Venkateswarar Temple at Madurantakam
Vennaiappar Temple at Tirunelvennai (Ulundoorpet) near Villuppuram
Vennikkarumbar Temple at Koilvenni (Mannargudi) near Thanjavur
Venugopalaswamy Temple at Chennai (Gopalapuram)
Venugopalaswamy Temple at Melapudi (Nagari) near Tiruttani
Vijaya Ganapathy Temple at Ullagaram,Chennai
Vijaya Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Baburayanpettai (Tozhuppedu) near Madurantakam
Vijayalaya Choleeswarar Cave Temple at Vijayalaya Choleeswaram near Pudukkottai
Vijayanathar Temple at Vijayamangai(Tiruppurambayam) near Kumbakonam
Vijayaraghava Perumal Temple at Tiruputkuzhi near Kanchipuram
Vijayaraghavaswamy Temple at Manur near Tiruttani
Vilvavananathaswamy Temple at Kadayam near Ambasamudram (Tirunelveli)
Vilvavaneswarar Temple at Tirukollampudur (Needamangalam) near Tiruvarur
Vilvavaneswarar Temple at Tiruvaikaavur(Papanasam) near Kumbakonam
Vinayakar Temple at Nandyampakkam (Athippattu) near Ponneri (Chennai)
Vinayagar and Subramaniar Temple at Silambavelangadu, Madukkur via Patukkotai taluk, Tanjore dt
Virabadra Swamy Temple at Chennai (Mylapore)
Viranarayanaperuinal temple at Guruvalapparkoil near Gangaikondacholapuram (Aduturai)
Virunditta Eswarar Temple at Tirukkachhur (Singaperumal Kovil) near Chingleput
Virupaksheeswarar Temple at Chennai (Mylapore)
Viswanathar Temple at Vaazhkudi near Tiruvarur
Viswanathaswami Temple at Tenkasi near Tirunelveli
Vriddagireeswarar Temple at Vriddhachalam (South Arcot)
Vriddhachaleeswarar temple at Venganur near Perambalur (Tiruchirappalli)
Vridhapureeswarar Temple at Tiruppunnavasal (Arantangi) near Pudukkottai
Vyagrapadeeswarar temple at Sittilingarnadam near Tirukkovilur (Villuppuram)
Vyagrapureeswarar Temple at Puliparkoil (Padalam) near Madurantakam
Vyagrapureeswarar Temple at Tirupperumpuliyur (Tiruvaiyaru) near Thanjavur
Vyagrapureeswarar Temple at Tiruppulivanam near Kanchipuram

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Yaazhmuri Naathar Temple at Dharumapuram near Nagappattinam
Yadothakara Perumal Temple (Tiruvegka) at Tumbavanam near Kanchipuram
Yoga Anjaneyaswamy Temple at Sholinghur near Tiruttani
Yoga Narasimhar Temple at Chennai (Velacheri)
Yoga Narasimhar Temple at Sholinghur near Tiruttani (Divya Desam)
Yoganandar Temple at Tiruviyalur near Kumbakonam