Plan for Pondicherry-Chidambaram Day Tour|Indian Panorama

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Pondicherry – Chidambaram

A drive from Pondicherry for less than two hours will take you to Chidambaram, one of the most prominent temples in Saivism.Among the people worshipping Lord Shiva, the term “Koil” simply represents the temple in Chidambaram. The temple houses Lord Shiva in the form of dancing posture. He is worshipped as Lord Nataraja.

He is renowned as the “Cosmic Dancer” symbolizing the cosmic cycles of creation and destruction on the Universe. The sprawling campus of the temple with the huge gateway towers and the precincts exhibit the craftsmanship of the yesteryears’ artisans. Chidambaram represents SKY out of the FIVE cosmic elements of earth. Lord Nataraja with His consort Sivagami Ammai blesses His devotees in Chidambaram.