Planning your visit
Visiting Ekambareswarar Temple
Tamil Nadu · Built up 9th-16th centuries, Pallava foundations with Vijayanagara expansion · dedicated to Shiva (as Ekambareswarar, representing the earth element)
Getting there
Airport
- Cheenai International Airport, Arakonam Sub-District — 22.3 km
- International Airport Chennai, Chennai — 48.7 km
Railway station
- Kanchipuram Railway Station, Kanchipuram — 0.8 km
- Walajabad Railway Station, Kanchipuram Sub-District — 13.5 km
Bus stand
- Kanchipuram Bus Stand, Kanchipuram — 0.5 km
- Orikkai Bus Stop, Kanchipuram — 2.3 km
Distances are straight-line from the temple, not road distance.
When to go
Best months: Nov · Dec · Jan · Feb
Festivals: Panguni Uthiram · Maha Shivaratri
Where to stay
- TNPHC — 0.2 km
- Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam Guest House — 0.4 km
- The Paradise Hotel — 0.4 km
- Chakravarthy Holidays — 0.5 km
- Hotel GKM Subamangala — 0.5 km
- The Tanishq Park — 0.9 km
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On the day
- Opening times
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- Entry
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- Dress code
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- Photography
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- Accessibility
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