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Ashtalakshmi Temple, Chennai
Besant Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 12.9926°, 80.2704°
Lakshmi in her eight forms (Ashta Lakshmi)Modern—
Sacred since
1974 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1974–1976 (consecrated 1976)
Modern
History & significance
A seaside temple at Besant Nagar begun in 1974 and consecrated in April 1976 at the wish of the Kanchi seer Chandrashekarendra Saraswati. Modelled on the Sundara Varadaraja Perumal temple at Uthiramerur, it stacks nine sanctums across four levels so pilgrims can visit every shrine without walking above another sanctum.