The Beautiful Nataraja Temple Located in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. It is one of the oldest temples in India. This temple is a perfect combination of spirituality, design, and cultural heritage, attracting devotees, pilgrims, and tourists from all over the world.
Explore Nataraja temple through captivating images that showcase their rich culture, history, and charm.
The nearest airport is Trichy International Airport. After getting down at the airport grab a taxi to Chidambaram. Likely a 3 hour drive will take you to Chidambaram which is 160 kms.
Regular buses from Chennai (215 km), Trichy (150 km), Pondicherry (65 km).
Chidambaram Railway Station is well connected to Chennai, Trichy, Madurai, and other cities.
The Beautiful Nataraja Temple Located in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. It is one of the oldest temples in India. This temple is a perfect combination of spirituality, design, and cultural heritage, attracting devotees, pilgrims, and tourists from all over the world.
It represents the 5 Shiva temples in India, each dedicated to 5 basic elements of life, which include air, sky, water, fire, and earth. This temple represents Lord Shiva worshipped in the form of Aakasham.
The Kalahasti temple at Srikalahasthi [Air/Wind]
The legend behind this temple proves that Lord Shiva is beyond space and time, as he controls the creation, destruction and recreation by means of his cosmic dance. Now as we move to the architecture of this huge temple, it is a medley of architectural contributions by the Pallavas, Cholas, Pandyas, Vijayanagara, and the Chera leaders. The Thillai Nataraja Temple at Chidambaram is the oldest example of the Cholan architectural style.
This temple is famous for its 9 gopurams, with the tallest east gopuram (about 135 feet high) decorated with 108 karanas of Bharatanatyam.
