Tag: Chidambaram Siva temple
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Dancing with Siva in Chidambaram
The second stop on our March 2014 Spiritual Adventure will be the town of Chidambaram, famous for the grandiose Thillai Nataraja Temple, which we will be sure to fully explore. The temple expands across 40 acres of land and was rebuilt by the Chola Dynasty in the 13th century as a way to pay homa...
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Chidambaram’s Temple of Love
This afternoon we made our way further south leaving behind the French colonial town of Pondicherry and arriving a couple of hours later in the temple town of Chidambaram. Chidambaram is most well know for its Siva Nataraja temple. Truly it is a temple of love as all are welcome here and treated ...
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More on Chidambaram’s Siva Nataraja Temple
Sacred to Saivite Hindus the world over, this majestic temple complex sprawls over 40 acres and is dedicated to the Hindu god Siva. Here Siva manifests as Lord Nataraja, the Lord of Dance. Although there are many temples in South India dedicated to Siva, five among them are particularly special, ...
Read MoreChidambaram’s dedicated priests
One of the joys of traveling is getting to know the locals, their way of life and the things that are important to them. On Vedic Odyssey’s spiritual adventures we take great pride in ensuring our spiritual adventurers get to experience this. During our visit to Chidambaram last year we spe...
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Chidambaram’s Siva Nataraja Temple
Sacred to Saivite Hindus the world over, this majestic temple complex in Chidambaram sprawls over 40 acres and is dedicated to the Hindu god Siva. Here Siva manifests as Lord Nataraja, the Lord of Dance. Although there are many temples in South India dedicated to Siva, five among them are particu...
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