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Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu · 12.8476°, 79.7000°
The earth-element shrine of the Pancha Bhoota temples and the largest temple in Kanchipuram, its 59 m raja-gopuram raised by Krishnadevaraya in 1509. In its courtyard grows a mango tree venerated as thousands of years old, whose four branches are said to yield four different tastes.
Parvati, doing penance, fashioned a Shiva linga of sand beneath the mango tree; when Shiva sent the Vegavati river to test her, she embraced the linga to shield it — the deity is thus 'Eka-amra-natha', Lord of the single mango tree, still bearing her bangle marks in tradition.
The temple sits about 1 km from Kanchipuram railway station, with the town bus stand close by; the nearest airport is Chennai International, roughly 61 km away.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-26 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Vijayanagara