Temples in Kanchipuram

Guides to 15 Hindu temples in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, including Kanchi Kamakshi Temple. Each guide gives the deity, opening hours where a published source gives them, how to reach, festivals and history, and lists the sources its facts were checked against.

Free on the app

Darshan of 55 temples, free on your phone

154 darshan videos, 80 of them in 360°, in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and English.

Get the free app

Android · Google Play

The 15 temples at a glance

Adikesava Perumal Temple, Sriperumbudur: Vishnu as Adi Kesava, with Lakshmi as Ethiraja Nadhavalli. Hours: 5:30 AM to 12 noon, and 3:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Ekambareswarar Temple, Kanchipuram: Shiva as Ekambareswarar, in a sand-mound Prithvi lingam
Kachabeswarar Temple, Thirukachur, Thirukachur village: Shiva, as Kachabeswarar in lingam form
Kailasanathar Temple, Kanchipuram: Shiva, worshipped as a 16-sided black granite Shivalinga
Kanchi Kamakshi Temple, Kanchipuram: Devi Kamakshi, seated in padmasana. Hours: Opens 5:30 AM; last puja, Palliarai, at 8:30 PM
Kumarakottam Temple, Kanchipuram: Murugan. Hours: 7 AM to 11:30 AM and 3:30 PM to 8 PM
Metraleeswar Temple, Pillaiyar Palayam, Kanchipuram: Shiva as Metraleeswarar, with Parvati as Metralinayagi
Nilathingal Thundam Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram: Vishnu as Nilathingal Thunda Perumal, with Lakshmi as Nilathingal Thunda Nayagi
Pandava Thoothar Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram: Vishnu, worshipped as Krishna (Pandava Tutar Perumal)
Pavalavannam Temple, Kanchipuram: Vishnu as Pavalavannar Perumal, with Lakshmi as Pavalavalli
Ulagalantha Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram: Vishnu as Ulagalantha Perumal, with consort Amuthavalli. Hours: 7 AM to 12 noon and 4 PM to 8 PM
Vaikunta Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram: Vishnu
Vallakottai Murugan Temple, Vallakottai: Murugan. Hours: 6 AM to 1 PM and 4 PM to 8:30 PM
Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram, Chinna Kanchipuram: Vishnu as Varadharaja Perumal
Yathothkari Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram: Vishnu, worshipped as Yathothkari Perumal

Cannot make the journey?A Diwali gift for your parents

Do the darshan from home, as if you are standing thereGive your parents darshan at home this Diwali

Put your phone in the Divya Darshan 360 VR box, open the app and look all around the temple. ₹899 paid online, ₹949 cash on delivery. Free delivery in India.

See the VR box Get the free app