Even if you’re feeling templed-out, this temple complex is going to knock your socks off. Located about 3km north of the Rock Fort, it feels more like a self-enclosed city than a house of worship, and in truth, that’s the idea: entering this temple’s inner sanctum requires passing through seven gopuram (the largest is 73m high). Inside the fourth wall is a kiosk where you can buy a ticket (Rs10) and climb the wall for a semi-panoramic view of the complex that delineates levels of existence and consciousness. You’ll proceed past rings of beggars, merchants and Brahmins, then plazas of devas (angels) and minor deities before reaching the inner chamber, dedicated to Vishnu. Here, the god is worshipped as Sheshashayana, Vishnu who sleeps on a bed made of the king of nagas .
