The Dīkshitars () of Chidambaram or more particularly called in Tamil as ' Thillai Muairavar ' are based mainly in the town of Chidambaram and according to legend, have descended from three thousands individuals who migrated from Varanasi.

The coalition government came as a big break for Chidambaram, who was given the key cabinet portfolio of Finance ; this put him in the limelight.

He has a son, Karti P. Chidambaram, who graduated with a BBA degree from the University of Texas, and a Bachelors in Law from Cambridge University.

Periyapuranam mentions a Pallava ruler, Aiyatikal Kaadavarkon, who at Chidambaram composed hymns in praise of the Lord in venpaa metre of Tamil and attained mukti.

May that tiruneerru chozhan ( Kulothunga Chola I ), who annointed with gold the temple and tower at thillai ( Chidambaram ) live long!

“ Inorder that he who conquered the world ( kootruvar ) may not be bereft of a royal crown he requested the crowning services of the ancient three thousand servitor priests at Chidambaram ( thillai ).

He was a revolutionary independence fighter who worked closely with other freedom fighters, such as V. O Chidambaram Pillai and Subramanya Bharathi, and inspired many young men to join the freedom movement.

His Meikeerthi praises him as " the conqueror of Kongu Nadu and Eelam ; the conqueror of the Ganges and Kaveri ; Vanquisher of Hoysala ; Subjugator of Kadava Kopperunchingan I ; The one who paid victory tribute and bravery tribute at Chidambaram ; The ruler of three worlds " ()

Hence the final budget for 1996-97 was presented by P. Chidambaram, who then belonged to Tamil Maanila Congress.

In 1998, the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) took the reins of the Government for the first time and it was not until May 2004 that Chidambaram would be back in Government.

Later, Jarnail Singh appeared on a few media channels and thanked Chidambaram for taking no action against him and said that he would apologize to Chidambaram if he got a chance to meet him personally.

A 2005 study by Laku Chidambaram and Lai Lai Tung based their research model on Latané ’ s social impact theory, and hypothesized that as group size and dispersion grew, the group ’ s work would be affected in the following areas: Members will contribute less in both quantity and quality, final group output will be of lower quality, and a group ’ s output will be affected both by individual factors and contextual factors.

For example, in Meenakshi temple in Madurai and Chidambaram this event receives thousands of devotees everyday, and would include a procession by the deities around the inner corridors of the temple with great pomp and music.

This corroborates Tirumular's Tirumandhiram, which describes him as hailing from Then Kailasam ( Koneswaram temple, Trincomalee ), and he famously visited the Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, where he wrote the Charana Shrungarahita Stotram on Nataraja.

Subramaniam was born on January 30, 1910, to Chidambaram and his wife, in a village called Senguttaipalayam, Pollachi taluk, Coimbatore district.

The award, in recognition of SAIL's initiatives and achievements in the field of environment management, was presented by Union Minister for Home Affairs Shri P. Chidambaram on 24 June 2011

An yearly dance festival called the Mayura Natyanjali is conducted within the precints of the Mayuranathaswami Temple by the Saptasvarangal Trust during Maha Shivaratri on the pattern of the Chidambaram Natyanjali festival.

He then went on a pilgrimage visiting and composing at the temples at Kanchi, Tiruvannamalai, Chidambaram, Tirupathi and Kalahasthi, before returning to Tiruvarur.

Chidambaram became Minister of Finance again in the Congress party-Communist Party United Progressive Alliance government on 24 May 2004.

During the intervening period Chidambaram made some experiments in his political career, leaving the Tamil Maanila Congress in 2001 and forming his own party, the Congress Jananayaka Peravai, largely focused on the regional politics of Tamil Nadu.

Andimuthu Raja, the prime accused in the 2G spectrum scam, also revealed on tapped phones that Chidambaram received a lot of money for 2G spectrum allocation.

On 2 February 2012, Supreme court left it to the special CBI sessions court to decide on whether to make Chidambaram a co-accused in the case or order a CBI enquiry.

On 4 February 2012, the special CBI court dismissed The CBI court accepted Swamy's two allegations that Chidambaram and A Raja took decision jointly on fixing the price of the spectrum and offloading of shares.

However, it dismissed the plea saying there were lack of evidences on Chidambaram ’ s criminal intention behind these two acts.

In a press statement on 26 April 2012, Swamy alleged that Advantage Strategic Consulting, a company owned by Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram, received a 5 % stake in mobile operator Aircel, as a condition for the 2006 Foreign Investment Promotion Board ( FIPB ) approval of Malaysian company Maxis Communications's investment in Aircel.

Mr. Chidambaram has been in public conflict with other members of the UPA government on policy issues.

Chidambaram was criticized widely for ordering a police lathi charge at midnight on non-violent protesters at the Ramlila Maidan, Delhi.

This article was originally based on an article by PL. Chidambaram, first published at http :// nagaratharikkiyasangam. org /

Gopikamba on Thursday, Sukla Navami of Phalguna month in 1595, when the moon was in Mrigashīrsha Nakshatra, at Bhuvanagiri, near present-day Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu.

* In 1940, Yogaswami went to India on pilgrimage to Banaras and Chidambaram.

The college has also played host to numerous celebrity guests: Amitabh Bachchan and Prakash Jha visited the campus to promote their film Aarakshan in the year 2011 ; Former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam has been a part of the college's annual Earth Summit more than once ; Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former Home Minister and current Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have graced the college on successive convocation and valedictories.

He was advisor to the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission in 1992-94, served on special mission to Jammu and Kashmir during 1993-95 and was advisor to Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram between 1996-98.

This was confirmed by Home Minister P. Chidambaram in New Delhi on 23 Feb 2011.

The form began rather modestly in the 10th century, as at Shore Temple, Mahabalipuram, with the 11th century Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur marking a crucial step forward with two multi-storey gopurams from that period, much larger than any earlier ones, though much smaller than the main le, Chidambaram

Chidambaram Subramaniam ( commonly known as CS )( January 30, 1910-November 7, 2000 ), was an Indian statesman ( Indian Independence activist, State minister, Central minister and Governor of state ).

P Chidambaram was born to Kandanur L. Ct. L. Palaniappa Chettiar and Mrs. Lakshmi Achi in Kanadukathan in the Sivaganga District, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

In 1996, Chidambaram quit the Congress party and joined a breakaway faction of the Tamil Nadu state unit of the Congress party called the Tamil Maanila Congress ( TMC ).

The schools come under the purview of respective state governments and Ministry of Defence, and in his Union Budget of 2008, Finance minister, P Chidambaram, allocated Rs 2 crore to each of the 22 Sainik schools, to counter rising attrition in the defence forces, especially at the officer level.

* 1910 – Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian politician ( d. 2000 )

* 1872 – V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian freedom fighter ( d. 1936 )

Other key personnel included P. K. Iyengar, Rajagopala Chidambaram, Nagapattinam Sambasiva Venkatesan, and Waman Dattatreya Patwardhan under the supervision of Homi N. Sethna.

* The Temple of Nataraja is completed at Chidambaram in India.

* V. O. Chidambaram Pillai ( 1872 – 1936 ), an Indian lawyer, trade union leader, shipping magnate and freedom fighter

A Telugu and Tamil concept, Shiva was first depicted as Nataraja in the famous Chola bronzes and sculptures of Chidambaram.

The dance of Shiva in Tillai, the traditional name for Chidambaram, forms the motif for all the depictions of Shiva as Nataraja.

The form is present in most Shiva temples in South India, and is the main deity in the famous temple at Chidambaram.

* Lastly, the place of the dance, Chidambaram, which is portrayed as the center of the universe, is actually within the heart.

The trajectory of the dancing Shiva is traced: from the processional worship of metal icons outside the sanctum to the cultic elevation of the Nataraja bronze into the sanctum at Chidambaram.

The image of the Lord as the Cosmic Dancer is shown at the Chidambaram temple, an unusual fact as Shiva is depicted in an anthropomorphic form rather than in the usual non-anthropomorphic form of the linga.

* M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, a cricket stadium in India

These reflect other yogis of spiritual revelations, such as the vision of two sages, Vyagrapada and Pathanjali in Chidambaram.

Kalam served as the Chief Project Coordinator, along with R. Chidambaram during the testing phase.

Rajaji was a close friend of the founder of Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company V. O. Chidambaram Pillai as well as greatly admired by Indian independence activists Annie Besant and C. Vijayaraghavachariar.