Kanchipuram has temples from the Pallava, Chola, Vijaynagar and Nayaka periods, all the way from the 8th c to the 17th c. The town’s stock of residential buildings is quite impressive as well, with colonial and desi deco styled buildings, as well as ‘traditional’ pitched-roof houses. Continue reading
This is the largest temple in Vishnu Kanchi (the smaller part of Kanchipuram dedicated to Vaishnavite temples). Continue reading
This is the largest temple in Shiva Kanchi (the larger part of Kanchipuram that is dominated by Shaivite temples) and the most important from a contemporary religious standpoint. The temple structures mostly date back to the 16th and 17th c AD. Continue reading
Kanchipuram continued to be a religious center after the Pallava period ended at the end of the 9th c AD. There are a number of Chola-era temples around town. The Jwarahareshwar temple is a 12th c example that has not been expanded upon or become part of a larger temple complex. Continue reading
This is the only Vaishnavite temple from the Pallava era in Kanchipuram. Built in the late-8th c AD, it has three shrines at three levels, one on top of the other (I don’t have photos of the inside though). Continue reading
Matangeshwar is very similar to the Mukteshwar temple. Both are from the mid-8th c AD, Pallava period. Continue reading
Mukteshwar is a small high-plinthed mid-8th c AD Pallava temple. Continue reading
The sanctum structure and tower of this small temple is contemporaneous with the Kailasanatha Temple at Kanchipuram and Shore Temple at Mamallapuram (early-8th c AD), placing it among the earliest Pallava-era structural temples. Continue reading
Kanchipuram is one of two important centers of Pallava temple architecture in northern Tamil Nadu, the other being Mamallapuram Continue reading
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