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| | Tourism in India-Pilgrimage Sites-Chidambaram |
 | | Chidambaram is also called Thillai, since the place was originally a forest of Thillai shrubs. |
 | | The temple town of Chidambaram, 58 km south of Pondicherry greets the visitors, with a beautiful temple, dedicated to Lord Nataraja - Lord Shiva in the enthralling form of a Cosmic Dancer. |
 | | While the four shrines at Tiruvannamalai, Kanchipuram, Kalahasthi, and Tiruchirapalli have the main deities in fire, air and water lingams, Chidambaram is unique in that, the viewer does not see any deity in the inner shrine, when the curtain is pulled back- for Chidambaram, meaning sky, enshrines the sky lingam. |
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