Ona Kantheeswarar Temple
Tamil Nadu
Ona Kantheeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, located in the town of Panjupettai, Kanchipuram, Kanchipuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. Shiva is worshipped as Ona Kantheeswarar and his consort Parvathi as Kamakshi. Ona Kantheeswarar is revered in the 7th-century CE Tamil Saiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the nayanars and classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam, the 275 temples revered in the canon.
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Where it is
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How to reach
- By train: nearest station Kanchipuram railway station (CJ), about 2 km by road.
- By air: Chennai International Airport (MAA), about 66 km by road.
In-depth temple guides nearby
- Arulmigu Ekambareswarar Temple (Ekambaranathar Temple) – Periya Kanchipuram, Kanchipuram district (about 1 km)
- Sri Kamakshi Ambal Devasthanam – Kanchipuram, Kanchipuram district (about 2 km)
- Arulmigu Devarajaswamy (Varadharaja Perumal) Temple – Chinna (Little) Kanchipuram, Kanchipuram district (about 6 km)
- Arulmigu Subramanyaswamy Temple, Tiruttani – Tiruttani (Malaikoil), Tiruvallur district (about 46 km)
- Arulmigu Kapaleeswarar Temple – North Mada Street, Mylapore, Chennai (about 82 km)
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