A town of about 25,000 people 37.3 km from Kanchipuram on the Chennai road, known as the birthplace of the Srivaishnava philosopher Ramanuja and as the place where Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in 1991. Heavily industrialised since 1999.
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Featured: Kailasanathar TempleThe temple-city base for Kanchipuram’s Pallava and Chola shrines, the great goddess and Vishnu temples, the silk-weaving streets, and day trips out to Sriperumbudur and Uthiramerur.
Featured: Vaikunta Perumal Temple, UthiramerurA panchayat town 28.4 km south of Kanchipuram whose temple walls carry the best-known record of village self-government in India — Chola inscriptions setting out who could stand for the village assembly, how long they served and how they were removed.
Kancheepuram district is known for: the Pallava and Chola temples of Shiva Kanchi and Vishnu Kanchi, the Divya Desam Vishnu shrines, the goddess Kamakshi, the Kanchi matha, and the Kanchipuram (Kanjivaram) silk saree.
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The best tourist places to visit in Sriperumbudur — temples, viewpoints, lakes, heritage and nature, each with a full guide, how to reach it and what to see nearby.
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Uthiramerur, a temple town about 35 km south of Kanchipuram, is world-famous for 10th-century Chola inscriptions that record the village assembly's 'kudavolai' (pot-ticket) election system - one of history's earliest documented examples of local self-government. The town's Pallava-origin Vishnu temples, expanded by the Cholas, carry these epigraphs; the celebrated sabha-election inscriptions of Parantaka Chola I are engraved on the enclosure walls of the Vaikunta Perumal temple here, alongside the well-known Sundaravarada Perumal (Vishnu) temple.
A Vishnu temple in Uthiramerur famous for the celebrated 10th-century Chola inscriptions carved on its mandapa walls during the reign of Parantaka I (c. 921 CE). These inscriptions record the Kudavolai system, a lottery-based method of electing village assembly (sabha) committees, among the world's earliest documented evidence of local self-governance. The site is a landmark in the study of ancient Indian democracy.
A Vishnu temple in central Kanchipuram counted among the 108 Divya Desams (Tiru Ooragam), famous for its towering image of Vishnu as Trivikrama/Ulagalantha, 'he who measured the worlds,' with one leg raised. Temple tradition links the form to the Vamana avatar and the legend of King Mahabali, and the complex uniquely enshrines several Divya Desam shrines within one precinct.
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A realistic one-day plan for Kanchipuram — Kailasanathar, Ekambareswarar, Kamakshi Amman, Varadharaja and Vaikunta Perumal, and the city’s famous silk, in the order that beats the crowds.
Pair the granite fort and gilded temple of Vellore with the ancient temple town of Kanchipuram on an easy two-day loop from Chennai or Bengaluru.
A historic Digambara Jain temple at Tiruparuttikunram (Jina Kanchi), a short trip southwest of Kanchipuram, dedicated to Trilokyanatha with shrines to Tirthankaras including Vardhamana (Mahavira), Rishabhanatha and Chandraprabha. It is a protected archaeological monument famed for its Vijayanagara-era painted ceiling panels and its Sangeetha Mandapam.
Top places to visit in Sriperumbudur include Rajiv Gandhi Memorial, Sriperumbudur — each has a full guide with how to reach it and what to see nearby on this page.
The nearest airport to Sriperumbudur is Chennai International (MAA), ~70 km. The rail gateway is Kanchipuram (CJ); Chengalpattu Junction (CGL) is the main junction nearby. TNSTC and private buses link Kanchipuram with Chennai (CMBT Koyambedu), Mamallapuram, Vellore, Puducherry and Tiruvannamalai. Check the departure board for the day’s direct and connecting services.
November to February is the coolest, most comfortable season to visit Sriperumbudur and the rest of Tamil Nadu. April to June is very hot, and the October–December north-east monsoon brings the delta its main rains.
