🔱 Kanchipuram Varadaraja Perumal Temple Guide
Complete travel guide for devotees visiting Varadaraja Perumal Temple in Kanchipuram – darshan timings, festivals, route map & nearby temples.
🗺️ 1. Temple Location
- State: Tamil Nadu
- City: Kanchipuram
- Temple Name: Sri Varadaraja Perumal Temple (Thirukkachi)
🚆 2. How to Reach?
- By Train: Kanchipuram Railway Station (CJ)
- By Bus: Direct buses from Chennai (CMBT), Vellore
- By Car: 75 km from Chennai via GST or ECR (approx. 2 hrs)
🕉️ 3. Darshan Timings
| Timings | Details |
|---|---|
| 6:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Morning Puja & Darshan |
| 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Evening Seva & Worship |
🎉 4. Major Festivals
- 🪔 Panguni Uthiram
- 🌸 Pavithrotsavam
- 📜 Mandapam Utsavams (100-pillared hall)
- 🕉️ Athi Varadar Darshan – Once every 40 years (Last: 2019)
🏨 5. Accommodation
- TTDC Guest House, Private Lodges
- Nearby mutts, dharmashalas available for pilgrims
👕 6. Dress Code
- Men: Dhoti with shirt or angavastram (no jeans)
- Women: Saree or salwar kameez with dupatta
🌸 7. Nearby Divya Desams in Kanchipuram
- Adi Kesava Perumal (Ashtabhuja) – Aathiyapuram
- Vilakkoli Perumal – Thoopul
- Azagiya Singar Perumal – Thiruvelukkai
- Thiruneeragathan Perumal – Thiruneeragam
- Pandava Dhootha Perumal – Thirupadagam
- Nilathingal Thundathan – within Ekambareswarar Temple
- Ulagalanda Perumal – Thiruooragam
- Thirukkarunakara Perumal – Thirukkaragam
- Thirukarvanar Perumal – Thirukkarvanam
- Sonna Vannam Seitha Perumal – Thiruvekka
- Kalvaperumal – within Kamakshi Temple
- Pavalavannam & Pachai Vannam Perumal – Kanchi
- Vaikunta Perumal – Thiruparameswara Vinnagaram
- Sri Vijayaraghava Perumal – Thirupputkuzhi
These 15 Divya Desams in one city make Kanchipuram a sacred treasure!
Sri Varadaraja Perumal Charanam 🙏
