Region

Thondaimandalam தொண்டைமண்டலம்

The northern country around Kāñchipuram and the old Pallava heartland — cave shrines, the earliest structural temples, and the great coastal monuments of Mahābalipuram.

27 temples

001 Parthasarathi Temple Triplicane (Tiruvallikeni), Chennai · Kṛṣṇa as Parthasarathi (Viṣṇu) → 002 Kapaleeswara Temple Mylapore (Tirumayilai), Chennai · Kapaleeswar (Śiva) and Karpagambigai → 003 Marundeeswara Temple Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai · Marundeeswar (Śiva, the Lord of healing) and Tirupurasundari → 004 Adipureeswara Temple Tiruvottiyur, Chennai · Adipureeswara (Śiva, swayambhu linga) and Vadivudaiamman → 005 Chenna Kesava & Malleeswara Temples George Town (Sowcarpet), Chennai · Chenna Kesava Perumal (Viṣṇu) and Chenna Malleeswara (Śiva, as a Lingam) → 006 Bathrakali Amman & Vataranyeshwarar Temple Thiruvalangadu · Vataranyeshwarar (Śiva, as Nataraja) and Bhadrakali Amman → 007 Kailasanatha Temple Kanchipuram · Śiva, as Rajasimheshvara → 008 Cave Temples Mamandur and Narasamangalam, near Kanchipuram · Śiva and Viṣṇu (various; some uncertain) → 009 Vaikunta Perumal Temple Uthiramerur · Sri Vaikunta Perumal (Viṣṇu) and Ananda Valli Thayar → 010 Jalakanteswara Temple Vellore · Lord Śiva (liṅga) → 011 Margabandeswara Temple Virinchipuram · Lord Śiva (liṅga) → 012 Arhantagiri Jain Temple Tirumalai · Jain Tirthankaras (Mahavira / Neminatha) → 013 Devanathaswamy Temple Tiruvahindrapuram · Lord Vishnu, as Devanatha Perumal → 014 Varadaraja Temple Kanchipuram · Lord Vishnu, as Varadaraja, with consort Perundevi Thayar → 015 Vaikuntanatha Perumal Temple Kanchipuram · Lord Vishnu, as Vaikuntanatha → 016 Kamakshi Amman Temple Kanchipuram · Devi Kamakshi → 017 Trailokyanatha Jain Temple Tiruparuthikundram · Jain Tirthankaras (Vardhamana / Mahavira; Chandraprabha) → 018 Venkatesa Perumal Temple Tirumukudal · Lord Vishnu (stucco mulavar) → 019 Nitya Kalyana Perumal Temple Thiruvidanthai · Viṣṇu as Varāha (Nithya Kalyāṇa Perumāḷ), with consort Komalavalli Thāyār → 020 Ekambareswara Temple Kanchipuram · Śiva as Prithvi Liṅgam (earth), one of the Pancha Bhootha Sthalams → 021 Mamallapuram Mamallapuram · Group of deities; Shore Temple to Śiva and Viṣṇu, with the Stala Sayana Perumal (Viṣṇu) temple → 022 Shiva and Jain Temple Siyamangalam · Śiva (rock-cut cave temple); Jain bas-relief of Mahavira and Tirthankaras nearby → 023 Tri Vikrama Temple Tirukoilur · Viṣṇu as Trivikrama (Ulagalandha Perumāḷ) → 024 Narasimha Temple Ennayiram · Viṣṇu as Paramapadanatha, Narasimha, Varāha and Madana Gopala → 025 Kapilar Kundru Temple Tirukoilur · Local deity; a small Śiva temple atop the Kundru rock → 026 Thaduthat Konda Nathar Temple Tiruvennainallur · Śiva as Thaduthu Aat Kondar, the one who stopped and subsumed → 027 Arunachaleswarar Temple Tiruvannamalai · Śiva as Annamalaiyar, the Agni (fire) element of the Pancha Bhootha Sthalas; Annamalai hill regarded as the liṅga →