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{{Infobox Hindu temple<br />
|name = Kālikāmbāl Temple<br />
|image = Kaalikaambaal Temple Main Entrance, Chennai.jpg<br />
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|caption = Kāligāmbāl Temple's Gopuram (Gateway tower) entrance.<br />
|map_type = India Chennai<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|13.09455|80.2891|type:landmark_region:IN_scale:100|display=inline,title}}<br />
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|map_caption = Location in Chennai<br />
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|country = [[India]]<br />
|state = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
|district = [[Chennai]]<br />
|locale = Thambu Chetty Street, [[George Town, Chennai|Parry's corner (Old: George Town)]], [[Chennai]]<br />
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|deity = Kāligāmbāl ([[Parvathi|Goddess Pārvathi]])<br />
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|architecture = [[Hindu architecture|Hindu temple architecture]]<br />
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|established = 1640 <!--Refers to establishment of the original temple--><br />
|year_completed = 1678 <!--Refers to building of the current temple structure/building --><br />
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The '''Kālikāmbal Temple''' is a [[Hindu]] temple dedicated to Shri Kāligāmbāl ([[Kamakshi|Kāmākshi]]) and [[Shiva|Lord Kamadeswarar]], located in [[George Town, Chennai|Parry's corner (Old: George Town)]] locality of the city of [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The temple is located in Thambu Chetty Street, a prominent financial street at Georgetown, running parallel to [[Rajaji Salai, Chennai|Rajaji Salai]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
The temple was originally located closer to the sea shore and was relocated to the current site at 1640&nbsp;CE. It was then built in 1678.<ref name="ChennaiBest_History1639-1700">{{cite web<br />
|title=1639 A.D. TO 1700 A.D. <br />
|work=History of Chennai <br />
|publisher=ChennaiBest.com <br />
|url=http://www.chennaibest.com/discoverchennai/sightseeing/history/1639.asp#1 <br />
|access-date=20 Jan 2013 <br />
|url-status=dead <br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009120706/http://www.chennaibest.com/discoverchennai/sightseeing/history/1639.asp <br />
|archive-date=2012-10-09 <br />
}}</ref> [[Shivaji]], the Maratha warrior and the founder of the Hindawi-Swarajya in the 17th century, had worshiped in this temple incognito on 3 October 1667.<ref name="TOI_ChennaiHigh">{{cite news <br />
| title = Chennai High: Where history beckons <br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| date = 27 August 2010<br />
| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-27/chennai/28292743_1_pillars-fort-st-george-madras/2<br />
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130216064735/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-27/chennai/28292743_1_pillars-fort-st-george-madras/2<br />
| url-status = dead<br />
| archive-date = 16 February 2013<br />
| work = [[The Times of India]]<br />
| access-date = 20 Jan 2013}}</ref><ref name="Muthiah_2014"/> It is believed that a fierce form of [[Goddess]] was held in worship earlier and that this form was replaced with the ''shanta swaroopa'' (calm posture) form of Goddess Kamakshi. Tamil poet [[Subramaniya Bharathi]] was a regular visitor of the temple in the early 20th century.<ref name="Muthiah_2014">{{cite book | last = Muthiah| first = S. | author-link = S. Muthiah | title = Madras Rediscovered| publisher = EastWest | date = 2014 | location = Chennai | pages = 384 | isbn = 978-93-84030-28-5}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Kaalikaambaal Temple Gopuram, Chennai.jpg|thumb|none|The main Gopuram (tower) of Kālikāmbāl Temple]]<br />
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In the 1980s, a new 10-metre-high tower (''rajagopuram'') was added to the existing structure.<ref name="Muthiah_2014"/> Another major expansion was made in 2014.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Religion in Chennai]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090311072217/http://chennaisrikaligambal.org/ Chennai Sri Kālikāmbal Kamadeswarar Devasthanam]<br />
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