Place : Kanchi (Tamil nadu)
Part of the Body Fallen : Back part
Name of Shakti : Kamakshi Devi
Description :
The town of Kanchi was the capital of the ancient Pallavas. The Kailasanathar temple here is one of the grand Pallava monuments. The Kamakshi Amman temple at Kanchipuram is an ancient one and is associated with Aadi Sankaracharya of the 1st millennium CE. The Tamil saying Kanchi Kamakshi, Madurai Meenakshi and Kaasi Visalakshi illustrates the importance of the Shakthi shrine that it is.
Ekambreswarar temple, the Kamakshiamman Temple and the Kumara Kottam temple and the Ulagalanda Perumaal Temple are the primary shrines in Periya Kanchipuram. The first three mentioned above are located in a manner as to suggest the Somaskanda manifestation of Shiva, Uma and Skanda in the town of Kanchi. There are no shrines to Ambal, in any of the shrines to Shiva in Kanchi. Kamakshi is considered to be wholly present in Kanchipuram, as the only Ambal shrine.
About the Temple :
Location: Kamakshi Amman Sannathi St, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu 631502
Country: India
Nearest Airport: Chennai (MAA)
Built-In: 14th Century
Built-By: Pallava kings
Deity: Kamakshi
Architectural Styles:Dravidian architecture
Festivals: Navaratri,Aadi and Aippasi Pooram,Sankara Jayanthi and Vasanta Utsavam.
Temple Timings:5:30am–12pm, 4–8pm
Best Time To Visit: September to March