Sights in Kanchipuram
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Devarajaswami Temple
Dedicated to Vishnu, this enormous monument was built by the Vijayanagars and is among the most impressive of Kanchipuram’s temples. It has a beautifully sculptured ‘1000-pillared’ hall (only 96 of the original 1000 remain) as well as a marriage hall commemorating the wedding of Vishnu and Lakshmi. One of the temple’s most notable features is a huge chain carved from a single piece of stone which can be seen at each corner of the mandapam. The temple is supposedly the place to go to receive cures from lizard-related illnesses thanks to twin silver and gold-plated reptiles that crawl over the temple ceiling, where they devour platinum cockroaches (kidding).
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