Nataraja Temple

Thillai Nataraja Temple, also referred as the Chidambaram Nataraja Temple, is a dedicated to Nataraja, the form of Shiva as the lord of dance.
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Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Hindu temple
  • Description: Hindu temple famed for its Nataraja Shiva
  • Also known as: “Chidambaram Temple”, “Citamparam Temple”, “Dancing Shiva Temple of Chidambaram”, “Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram”, “Sri Sabhanayagar Temple”, and “Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chidambaram railway station.

Railway station
is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station situated in , a municipal town and a taluk headquarters in Cuddalore district, , India. is situated 1¼ km southeast of Nataraja Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chidambaram.

Photo: Sankar.s, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in the southern state of in with a population of about 62,000. Of the numerous temples the Nataraja Temple at is one of the most significant ones.

Nataraja Temple

Latitude
11.39978° or 11° 23′ 59″ north
Longitude
79.69363° or 79° 41′ 37″ east
Open location code
7J3X9MXV+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 128522917
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q1966341
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Thai—“Nataraja Temple” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “চিদম্বরম নটরাজ মন্দির”
  • Chinese: “納塔羅闍寺廟”
  • Chinese: “纳塔罗阇寺庙”
  • Dutch: “Chimdambaram tempel”
  • Dutch: “Chimdambaramtempel”
  • Dutch: “Natarajatempel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد ناتاراجا”
  • French: “temple de Nataraja”
  • French: “Temple de Nataraja”
  • German: “Nataraja-Tempel”
  • Hindi: “चिदंबरम मंदिर”
  • Hindi: “चिदम्बरम मन्दिर्”
  • Japanese: “ティッライ・ナタラージャ寺院”
  • Kannada: “ಚಿದಂಬರಂ ದೇವಾಲಯ”
  • Kannada: “ನಟರಾಜ ದೇವಾಲಯ, ಚಿದಂಬರಮ್”
  • Malay: “Kuil Nataraja, Chidambaram”
  • Malayalam: “ചിദംബരം ക്ഷേത്രം”
  • Malayalam: “ചിദംബരം നടരാജക്ഷേത്രം”
  • Panjabi: “ਨਟਰਾਜ ਮੰਦਰ, ਚਿਦੰਬਰਮ”
  • Tamil: “சிதம்பரம் நடராசர் கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “சிதம்பரம் நடராஜர் கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “தில்லை நடராசர் கோயில்”
  • Telugu: “చిదంబరం ఆలయం”
  • Telugu: “నటరాజస్వామి ఆలయం”
  • Thai: “นฏราจรรโกยิล”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Thillai Nataraja Temple and Temple tank.

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