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Kailasanaadhar - Kanchipuram

Naamaarkom kudiyallom namanai anjoom  Naragaththil idar padom nadalai illom Emaappom piniyariyom panivoomallom  Inbame ennalum thunbamillai sings Thirunavukkarasar. So devotees for a very long time do believe in Siva and none other than the Easwaran temples stand attestation to this. In Kanchipuram one of the oldest temple is said to be the Kailasanadhar temple. One look at the temple from outside will capture your attention for its age-old glory. There is a huge space outside the temple where one can see children playing on the grass land.  Temple was built during the pallava kingdom and built by Mahendra varma pallavan. Reader familiar to Tamil history or Kalki's Sivagamiyin Sabhdam will know the investment of time and wealth by Pallavas on stone sculptures.  Most of the carvings here in the temple are in sandstone outstanding the times. Most of the cravings in the pillars had standing lions. The above was a Nandi on a