Ekambareswar Temple – one of the five important (Pancha Bootha ) Shiva temples in the South India. It denotes the element Earth (Prithvi). There is a 3500 year Mango tree which is the sthala virukhsa – meaning the temple’s tree which is sacred.
It is one of the largest temple covering 25 acres and is built with additions over several kingdom of Pallava and Vijayanagara. The temple looks is maintained decently and still it shows it age and grandeur of yester years.
The place is also near silk weaving clusters.
Address
Ekambaranathar Temple Road, Pincode : 631502 Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu
Phone No
Open Hours
|Morning – 6.00 8AM to 12.30PM
Evening- 4.30 PM to 8.30PM
Padal Petra Sthalam
This is one of the 276 temples mentioned in Devaram which are collections of songs of these temples by Thirunavukkarasar, Thirugnasambandar, Sundarar and Manickavasagar. These collection of songs composed by the great saints describe many of these temples, deities, history, legends, sthala vruksha, temple ponds and other details about the god and temple.
