EKAMBARESWARAR TEMPLE (EKAMBARANATHAR TEMPLE)
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Temple dedicated to Shiva, worshipped as Prithvi, the Earth, covering 8 ha, with an 11-storey gopuram rising to 58 m
This temple is dedicated to Shiva, worshipped here as Prithvi (Earth), one of the five constituent elements of the physical world. The temple covers 8 hectares and its 58-metre-high, eleven-storey gopuram is one of the tallest in South India. The whole is decorated with beautiful sculptures. 540 columns form the temple, each built from a single piece. 108 lingams are spread throughout the galleries. You can admire a mango tree which, according to legend, is 3,500 years old: Shiva and Parvati were married here.
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