The temple town of Chidambaram, 58 km south of Pondicherry,greets the visitors, with a beautiful temple, dedicated to Lord Nataraja - Lord Siva in the enthralling form of a cosmic dancer. This is one of the few temples, where Siva and Vishnu are enshrined under one roof. Chidamparam is also called Thillai.

It is in Thillai, Lord Siva performed his cosmic dance.

It is one of the five Shaivite mukti sthalams, others are Kalahasti, Kanchipuram, Tiruannamalai and Tiruvanaikaval. A unique feature of Chidamparam is that a person of any ... (more)