If you’re tired of the heat and want a quick 3-5 day, getaway to a hill station, Ooty is for you. It’s cold, affordable, and a fun place for a small vacation to escape the summer. Ooty – 5 Day Itinerary It’s also very easy to get to because it’s close to Coimbatore airport. In […]

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Girivalam is parikrama or pradakshina of Arunachaleshwara hill located in Tiruvannamalai town of Tamil Nadu. The town is also famous for Ramana Maharishi Ashram. In fact the sage was so fond of the hill that he saw it as embodiment of Shiva. He used to say that while Kashi and Ujjain are the abodes of […]

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Walk through ancient Chennai with Pradeep Chakravarthy. The author of “Thanjavur: A Cultural History”, Pradeep Chakravarthy has written multiple books which impart life lessons from Indian History and Philosophy. In this podcast, Pradeep Chakravarthy gives a walkthrough of ancient Chennai. Temples, legends and lores about Chennai are unforgettable and simply surreal! Etymology of Chennai Chennai […]

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The temple of Arunachaleshwar or Arulmigu is situated in the holy town of Thiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu. Also called Arunachaleshwarar or Arunachalesvara, this temple plays an important role among the Shaivites. It is believed to be one of the largest Shiva Temple in the world. Situated on the base of the Arunachala Hills, the temple […]

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Kanchipuram is a fascinating town, best known for its magnificent temples and beautiful Silk Saris. When I visited, that is all I knew about it. However, it is a town full of stories, stories written in stone, in silk. And in the batter of the Idlis that get their name from the city. I had […]

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Vaikuntha Perumal Temple is the most prominent Vishnu Temple located in Shiva Kanchi. Like Kailasanathar temple this is also a temple extremely popular with the students and scholars of history, art history, and temple architecture. So, I also ended up reading a full book on this temple before my Kanchipuram trip. The long descriptions of […]

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Kailasanathar Temple in Kanchipuram was the third big temple I visited after the Kanchi Kamakshi Temple and Ekambareswar Temple. Both the earlier temples were so full of Shakti or the devotional energy that I was still wrapped in that when my auto stopped in front of Kailasnathar temple. An array of bronze Murtis stacked on […]

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Kanchipuram has two distinct parts – Shiva Kanchi and Vishnu Kanchi, and the city revolves around the temple of Kanchi Kamakshi. So, the followers of all three major sects of Hinduism have a stake in the city. Let me take you to Vishnu Kanchi where many ancient Vishnu temples are located. How many – well, […]

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Ekambareswarar Temple is the second temple I visited after the Kanchi Kamakshi temple. After all, you can not visit miss visiting the lord of the land even if the lady rules it. Ekambareswarar or Ekambaranathar temple is one of the biggest Shiva temples in Tamil Nadu, definitely one of the largest in Kanchipuram with one […]

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Say Kanchipuram and the colorful Kanchipuram sarees are all you can think of. Even the beautiful ancient temples of the holy town step back and let you soak in the silken grandeur of its only industry. When I was visiting the place, I asked almost everyone I could, where to buy Kanchipuram Sarees in Kanchipuram. […]

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