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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.

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