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காஞ்சி உலகளந்த பெருமாள் கோயில்
Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu · 12.8392°, 79.7050°
A Divya Desam housing a colossal image of Vishnu as Trivikrama striding the worlds, its earliest inscription dated 846 CE under Pallava Nandivarman III with later Chola development. Uniquely, the complex shelters four separate Divya Desams within one precinct.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Here Vamana the dwarf is said to have grown into cosmic Trivikrama, measuring the three worlds in two strides and humbling the generous king Mahabali with the third.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Pallava
Answers only from cited records
Opening the line…