We found Kamakshi amman temple is very near to ulaganda
temple and entered at 10.00am. The Kamakshi Temple is a famous Hindu temple
dedicated to Kamakshi, one of the forms of the goddess Parvati. It is located
in the historic city of Kanchipuram, and is popularly associated with
Sankaracharya, one of the greatest Hindu gurus. The Meenakshi Temple in
Madurai, the Akilandeswari temple in Thiruvanaikaval near Tiruchirappalli and
this Kamakshi are the important centers of worship of Parvati as the mother
goddess, in the state of Tamil Nadu. The temple was most probably built by the
Pallava kings, whose capital was Kanchipuram, around 6 C.E.
The main deity, Kamakshi, is seated in a majestic
Padmasana, an yogic posture signifying peace and prosperity, instead of the
traditional standing pose. The goddess holds a sugarcane bow and bunch of
flowers in the lower two of her arms and has a pasha (lasso), an ankusha (goad)
in her upper two arms. There is also a parrot perched near the flower bunch.
There are no other Parvati temples in the city of Kanchipuram, apart from this
temple, which is unusual in a traditional city that has hundreds of traditional
temples. There are various legends that account for this fact. One of them
according to Kamakshivilasa is that the Goddess had to absorb all the other
shakthi forms to give a boon to Kama, the Hindu god of love. Another legend
attributes it to the Raja Rajeswari pose of the deity that signifies an
absolute control over the land under the deity's control. Legend has it that
Kamakshi offered worship to a Shivalingam made out of sand, under a mango tree
and gained Shiva's hand in marriage.
For senior citizen there is special queue. Temple is very
small and more important for Kamachi amman. Three elephant maintained by
temple. There is mandapam on North side of temple which has many god sculpture
in the base. Bala thriupurasundari god’s photo is very nice. We spent an hour
in this temple.
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