Kalikambal Temple

Kālikāmbāl Temple
Kālikāmbāl Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Chennai
Deity	Kāligāmbāl (Goddess Pārvathi)
Location
Location	Thambu Chetty Street, Parry's corner (Old: George Town), Chennai
State	Tamil Nadu
Country	India
	Location in Chennai
Coordinates	13°05′40″N 80°17′21″E / 13.09455°N 80.2891°E
Architecture
Type	Hindu temple architecture
Established	1640
Completed	1678
Temple	1

The Kālikāmbal Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shri Kāligāmbāl (Kāmākshi) and Lord Kamadeswarar, located in Parry's corner (Old: George Town) locality of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is located in Thambu Chetty Street, a prominent financial street at Georgetown, running parallel to Rajaji Salai.

History[edit | edit source]

The temple was originally located closer to the sea shore and was relocated to the current site at 1640 CE. It was then built in 1678.^[1] Shivaji, the Maratha warrior and the founder of the Hindawi-Swarajya in the 17th century, had worshiped in this temple incognito on 3 October 1667.^[2]^[3] It is believed that a fierce form of Goddess was held in worship earlier and that this form was replaced with the shanta swaroopa (calm posture) form of Goddess Kamakshi. Tamil poet Subramaniya Bharathi was a regular visitor of the temple in the early 20th century.^[3]

The main Gopuram (tower) of Kālikāmbāl Temple

In the 1980s, a new 10-metre-high tower (rajagopuram) was added to the existing structure.^[3] Another major expansion was made in 2014.^{[citation needed]}

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "1639 A.D. TO 1700 A.D." History of Chennai. ChennaiBest.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
↑ "Chennai High: Where history beckons". The Times of India. Chennai. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Muthiah, S. (2014). Madras Rediscovered. Chennai: EastWest. p. 384. ISBN 978-93-84030-28-5.

External links[edit | edit source]

Chennai Sri Kālikāmbal Kamadeswarar Devasthanam

Template:List of Hindu temples in Tamil Nadu

[ChennaiBest_History1639-1700-1] "1639 A.D. TO 1700 A.D." History of Chennai. ChennaiBest.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

[TOI_ChennaiHigh-2] "Chennai High: Where history beckons". The Times of India. Chennai. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[Muthiah_2014-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Muthiah, S. (2014). Madras Rediscovered. Chennai: EastWest. p. 384. ISBN 978-93-84030-28-5.

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