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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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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Kanchi Kamakshi temple is at the heart of Kanchipuram – in every possible sense. The city surrounds the temple. Even the Gods like Shiva and Vishnu surround her temple and extend outwards from this temple that is fondly called Kamakshi Amman Temple. On one side of the temple is Shiva Kanchi or big Kanchi where […]

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