Tamil Nadu
Kanchipuram
Kancheepuram

Kamakshi Amman Temple

The Kamakshi Amman Temple, also known as Kamakoti Nayaki Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to the goddess Kamakshi, one of the highest form of Parvati.
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  • Type: Hindu temple
  • Description: Famous temple of Kancheepuram
  • Also known as: “Kamakshiamman” and “Kāmākshiamman”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kumarakottam Temple and Chitragupta temple.

Hindu temple
Photo: Rajendran Ganesan, CC BY 2.0.
The Kumara kottam Temple is a in , , . It is dedicated to Lord murugan, the Hindu war god and the son of the gods Shiva and his mother Pārvathi. is situated 200 metres northwest of Kamakshi Amman Temple.

Hindu temple
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is a Hindu temple located in Nellukara Street in the state of . It is one of the rare temples of the Hindu deity Chitragupta, considered to be the assistant of Yama, the Hindu god of death. is situated 410 metres southeast of Kamakshi Amman Temple.

Railway station
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is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It serves as the principal railway station of the temple city of in . is situated 1 km north of Kamakshi Amman Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kanchipuram.

Photo: Keshav Mukund Kandhadai, CC BY 2.0.
, sometimes called Kanjeevaram or Kanchi, is a small town in . One of the most important spiritual centres of Hinduism, and a major pilgrim destination; has several medieval temples with spectacular architecture.

Kamakshi Amman Temple

Latitude
12.84062° or 12° 50′ 26″ north
Longitude
79.70327° or 79° 42′ 12″ east
Elevation
89 metres (292 feet)
Open location code
7J4XRPR3+68
Open­Street­Map ID
way 368576617
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­temple
Geo­Names ID
11442946
Wiki­data ID
Q2738610
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Telugu—“Kamakshi Amman Temple” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Mandiri Kamakshi Amman”
  • Albanian: “Tempulli Kamakshi Aman”
  • Awadhi: “कामाक्षी मन्दिर”
  • Basque: “Kamakshi Amman tenplua”
  • Bengali: “কামাক্ষী আম্মান মন্দির”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد كاماكشى عمان”
  • Esperanto: “templo Kamakŝi Amman”
  • Esperanto: “Templo Kamakŝi Amman”
  • German: “Kamakshi Amman Tempel”
  • German: “Kamakshi-Tempel”
  • German: “Kanchi-Kamakshi-Tempel”
  • Hindi: “कामाक्षी अम्मन मंदिर, कांचीपुरम”
  • Hindi: “कामाक्षी मन्दिर”
  • Malayalam: “കാമാക്ഷി അമ്മൻ കോവിൽ”
  • Sinhala: “කන්චි කාමාක්ෂී කෝවිල”
  • Tamil: “காஞ்சிபுரம் காமாட்சியம்மன் கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “காமாட்சியம்மன் கோயில், காஞ்சிபுரம்”
  • Telugu: “kanchi kamkshi”
  • Telugu: “కామాక్షి అమ్మవారి దేవాలయం”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kamakshi Amman Temple”. Photo: Pratheepps, CC BY-SA 2.5.