Kancheepuram town has a new parking lot, thanks to the Ekambareswarar temple land opening up the property at Venkatadriraja Thottam. The ground has enough space to park at least 200 vehicles, which is enough to take in a portion of the daily influx of visitors to the temple town.
District Collector Kalaiselvi Mohan said the idea was to decongest the town. Muhurtham days (auspicious days when weddings are conducted) witnessed a large number of visitors since people prefer to shop for wedding saris on such occasions. “People come from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh even to buy Kancheevaram silk saris and with no space to park, the roads get clogged with parked vehicles. At times, drivers take around 45 minutes to cross stretches that can otherwise be covered in 10 or 15 minutes,” she said.
