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English: This is a JPEG format plan and architectural drawing of a historic Indian temple or monument. An alternate SVG format (scalable vector graphics) version of this file – for web graphics, design studies, print, dynamic and interactive applications – has also been uploaded to wikimedia commons.

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  • Kanchipuram is an ancient city, with inscriptions affirming its existence and importance as a religious pilgrimage, monasteries and Vedic studies center since at least the 2nd-century CE. It is a city of temples and history. The Kailashanatha temple is to the northwest side of the city, about 1.5 kilometers west of the Kanchi Kamakshi Amman temple.
  • This is the floor plan of the Kailshanatha temple (Kailasnathar Shiva temple). It has seven outer attached small shrines, two small inner shrines flanking the main sanctum. It is a highly decorated ornate temple.
  • The temple's architectural plan follows the square and circle principle found in historic Sanskrit texts.
  • GPS location of the monument:
12° 50′ 31.4″ N, 79° 41′ 24.5″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
  • The relative scale and relative dimensions in this architectural drawing are close to the actual but neither exact nor complete. The plan illustrates the design and layout, but some intricate details or parts of the temple may not be shown. In cases where exact measurements were not feasible, the drawing uses best approximations and rounds the best measurements feasible.
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Ground plan of the Kailasanathar Hindu temple in Pillaiyarpalayam, Kanchipuram TN

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