Ashtabujakaram
Tamil Nadu
The Ashtabujakaram or Ashtabuja Perumal Temple located in Kanchipuram in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Ashta Bhuja Perumal and his consort Lakshmi as Alamelumangai. This is the 4th largest temple in south Kanchi.
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Where it is
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How to reach
- By train: nearest station Kanchipuram railway station (CJ), about 5 km by road.
- By air: Chennai International Airport (MAA), about 65 km by road.
In-depth temple guides nearby
- Arulmigu Devarajaswamy (Varadharaja Perumal) Temple – Chinna (Little) Kanchipuram, Kanchipuram district (about 1 km)
- Sri Kamakshi Ambal Devasthanam – Kanchipuram, Kanchipuram district (about 4 km)
- Arulmigu Ekambareswarar Temple (Ekambaranathar Temple) – Periya Kanchipuram, Kanchipuram district (about 5 km)
- Arulmigu Subramanyaswamy Temple, Tiruttani – Tiruttani (Malaikoil), Tiruvallur district (about 52 km)
- Arulmigu Kapaleeswarar Temple – North Mada Street, Mylapore, Chennai (about 81 km)
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