I get the chance to visit to this temple. Located in the Kanchipuram city of Tamil Nadu, Kailasanathar temple was built during 685 A.D. to 705 A.D. i was amazed once i have entred because it is of stone built architecture unlike the rock cut architecture built into hallowed caves.

1. “THE KANCHI
KAILASANATHAR
TEMPLE IS THE
OLDEST STRUTURE
IN KANCHEEPURAM.
IT IS A HINDU
TEMPLE IN
DRAVIDIAN
ARCHITECTURAL
STYLE”.

2. “TYPICAL DESIGN OF
PILLAR WITH MULTI-
DIRECTIONAL
MYTHICAL LION. THE
PILLAR ELEMENT WITH
MYTHICAL ANIMAL
SHAftES ARE EXTRA
FEATURES IN PALLAVA
STYLE”

3. A CIRCUMAMBULARY PASSAGE, WITH A SYMBOLIC MEANING IS SITUATED ALONG THE COMPOUND WALL. IN
ORDERR TO MAKE THE CIRCUMAMBULATION, THERE IS A NARROW ENTRY PASSAGE WHICH DEVOTEES
MUST CRAWL THROUGH. THERE IS ANOTHER BELIEF THAT COMftLETING THIS BY CIRCUMAMBULARY
PASSAGE THE POSSIBILITY OF REBIRTH IS NOT THERE AND YOU SHALL ATTAIN

4. THE LOW-SLUNG SANDSTONE COMPOUND
CONTAINS A LARGE NUMBER OF CARVINGS,
INCLUDING MANY HALF-ANIMAL DEITIES
WHICH WERE POPULAR DURING THE EARLY
DRAVIDIAN ARCHITECTURAL PERIOD.

5. The vimana facing wall
has very elegant image of
shiva in a sitting position
postures of peace and
quietude known as
Dakshinamurthy
The north facing wall
is a composition of
tripurantaka flanked
by tgoddess Durga
with three ganas, and
goddesses bhairavi,
kausiki and jyestha.
One of the unique
features of this
temple is the 16
sided Shiva lingam
made up of black
granite at the main
shrine.

6. The 58 small shrines are built
into the niches of the
compound wall that encloses
the main shrine. The shrines
have three features, the sala,
kuta, panjara.

7. THE TEMPLE COMPLEX IN ALL RESPECTS AS IT HAS GARBAGRIHA, ANTARALA, MANDAPA, A HIGH
COMPOUND WALL, AND AN ENTRANCE GATE, THE GOP
URAM.THE TOWER HAS MANY LEVELSRISING.