Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Kanchipuram

Name: Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
Address: Kanchipuram, India

#23 among attractions in Kanchipuram

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Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, also called the Sri Kanchi Matham or the Sri Kanchi Monastery, is a Hindu institution, located in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. It is located near a temple dedicated to Goddess Sri Kamakshi of the Shaktism tradition, along with a shrine for the Advaita Vedanta teacher Adi Shankara. ()

Local name: कांची कामकोटि पीठCoordinates: 12°48'58"N, 79°41'24"E

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Nearby attractions include: Ekambareswarar Temple, Kamakshi Amman Temple, Kanchi Kailasanathar Temple, Kailasanathar Temple.

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Ekambareswarar Temple, Kanchipuram
58 min walk • Ekambareswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in the town of Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu, India. It is significant to the Hindu sect of Saivism as one of the temples associated with the five elements, the Pancha Bhoota Stalas, and specifically the element of earth, or Prithvi.
1.9 miNE
Temple, Sacred and religious sites
Kamakshi Amman Temple, Kanchipuram
49 min walk • The Kamakshi Temple is an ancient Hindu Temple dedicated to Kamakshi, the ultimate Goddess Lalita Maha Tripura sundari. It is located in the historic city of Kanchipuram, near Chennai, India.
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Kanchi Kailasanathar Temple, Kanchipuram
47 min walk • The Kailasanathar temple, also referred to as the Kailasanatha temple, is a Pallava-era historic Hindu temple in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. Dedicated to Shiva, it is one of the oldest surviving monuments in Kanchipuram.
2.2 miNE
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Kailasanathar Temple, Kanchipuram
56 min walk • The Kailasanathar temple, also referred to as the Kailasanatha temple, is a Pallava-era historic Hindu temple in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. Dedicated to Shiva, it is one of the oldest surviving monuments in Kanchipuram.
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Kumarakottam Temple, Kanchipuram
50 min walk • The Kumara kottam Temple is a Hindu temple in Kānchipuram, Tamil Nādu, India. It is dedicated to Lord Murugan, the Hindu war god and the son of the gods Shiva and his mother Pārvathi. The temple is also known as the Subramaniya Swāmi temple. The ancient temple was rebuilt in its present form in 1915 CE.
2 miNE
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Muktesvara Temple, Kanchipuram
52 min walk • Muktesvara Temple is a Hindu temple in the town of Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu, India. Dedicated to Shiva, the temple was constructed by the Pallavas and has inscriptions dating back to the time of Nandivarman II.
1.7 miNE
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Chitragupta temple, Kanchipuram
45 min walk • Chitragupta temple is a Hindu temple located in Nellukara Street Kanchipuram in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the rare temples of the Hindu deity Chitragupta, considered to the assistant of Yama, the Hindu god of death.
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Anekadhangavadeswarar temple, Kanchipuram
46 min walk • Anekadhangavadeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, located in the town of Kanchipuram, near Kailasanathar temple, Kanchipuram district in Tamil Nadu, India.
1.4 miE
Monastery
Matha, Kanchipuram
36 min walk • A matha, also written as math, mutt, or mut, is a Sanskrit word that means 'institute or college', and it also refers to a monastery in Hinduism. An alternative term for such a monastery is adheenam.
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Iravatanesvara Temple, Kanchipuram
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Trilokyanatha Temple, Kanchipuram
30 min walk • Trilokyanatha Temple, also called Thirupparuthikundram Jain temple or Jeenaswamy Trilokyanathar temple, is an 8th-century Digambara Jain temple in Thiruparthikundram, in northeast Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu, India. The suburb and the area around this temple is also called Jain Kanchi.