Govindavadi

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Govindavadi is a small village near Kancheepuram temple town in Kanchipuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. Kancheepuram is about 100 km from Chennai and is also famous for its world famous silk sarees. It is also near Agaram.

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Govindavadi is well known for Gurusthalam temple. The speciality of this temple is the Guru bhagavan. This is unlike most other temples where Shri Dhakshinamoorthy is worshipped as Guru.

Here in this temple Guru bhagvan has a special shrine.

Every Thursday is considered as a special occasion and devotees visit this temple in large numbers on Thursdays.