Mesmerizing Beauty of Ekambareswar Temple, Kanchipuram

Ekambareswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Lord Shiva, located in the town of Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu, India.

It is significant to the Hindu of Saivism as it is one of the temples associated with the five elements ie.Pancha Bhoota Stalas and here ekambareswarar represents the element of earth.Click Here to read about PanchaBhootaStalam .The presiding deity is revered in the 7th century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the nayanars and classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam. The temple also houses Nilathingal Thundam Perumal temple, a Divyadesam, the 108 temples revered in the Vaishnava canon Nalayira Divya Prabhandam

This temple finds mention in the classical Tamil Sangam literature dated 300 BCE.All of the 4 revered Saivite Saints have sung the glories of this temple.