HINDU TEMPLES
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Moolavar - Sivan, Ambal - Navayadi Kali Festivals Guru Puja April-May Mahasivarathri Sangabishekam February-March Speciality The Nagadevatha appears with her two legs bent. Vinayaka is seen a special seat called Avudayar Uniqueness Lord Dakshinamurthy is seated on a peeta held by Koorma (tortoise), eight elephants, five serpents, a lion and deities of the eight directions. As He granted darshan to Lord Vishnu privately, the banyan tree is not here but a structure (mandap) representing Mount Kailash. Address Sri Dakshinamurthy Temple, Govindavadi- 631 502, Kancheepuram dist.
Address : Pattamangalam
Contact Time : 0600:2000
People circumambulate the shrine of Lord Dakshinamurthy and the banyan tree 108 times to make their life happier without any evil remaining or peeping again and blessed with all wishes, children and prosperity. In the inner space behind the Shivalinga, Lord Shanmugha Natha appears with five heads accompanied by His consorts Valli and Deivanai facing east. This is the only temple in India in Pattamangalam with Lord Dakshinamurthy facing east.