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Karaikandeswarar Temple
View of the Annamalaiyar temple towers from the Annamalai hills
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictTiruvannamalai district
Location
LocationKanji Village Panjayat
StateTamil Nadu
Country India
Architecture
TypeTamil

Karaikandeswarar Temple, Kanji is a Tamil Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in the Kanji village near the town of Thiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu, India. Karaikandeswarar Temple, Kanji is the first Karaikandeswarar(shiva) temple among seven(saptha) temples all these temples are located on the banks of Cheyyar River in different places. The temple was Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture. In this temple Shiva is worshiped as Karaikandeswarar, and is represented by the lingam. His consort Parvati is depicted as Periyanayagi Amman. The temple has four daily rituals at various times from 06:00 a.m. to 09:00 p.m. The Panguni uthiram festival is celebrated during month of Panguni on the day the moon transits in the asterism or nakshatram of Uttara-phalguni or Uthiram in the twelfth month of the Tamil solar calendar i.e. Panguni (March–April). It is the full moon of the month of Panguni (Tamil month).