[1] Kancheepuram is about 100 km from Chennai and is known for its silk sarees.

Govindavadi is locally known for the Gurusthalam temple, a shrine dedicated to the Hindu deity Dakshinamoorthy.

On Thursdays devotees visit the temple in large numbers.

[citation needed] Normally in other shrines the Lord is in the southern side of the Main/presiding deity with no gopuram/Temple tower.

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