This is one of the largest temples in Kancheepuram, its huge gopuram, 57 meters high and besides a thousand - pillared hall which houses the temple's numerous artefacts. There is an old mango tree with four branches that is supposed to be 2500 years old.

This is another enormous monument with massive outer walls and a hundred-pillared hall. The annual Garudotsavam festival (May) proves to be a good introduction into the rich and colourful pageantry of Hinduism.