Kanchi

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Kanchi is a historic temple city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, renowned as a major center of Hindu pilgrimage and classical learning.

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Kanchi canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu pilgrimage center ⓘ
city ⓘ
historic city ⓘ
temple city ⓘ
administrativeStatus municipal corporation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kanchi Kshetra ⓘ
Kanchipuram ⓘ
ancientName Kāñcīpura ⓘ
associatedWith Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ
Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalHeritage Dravidian temple architecture ⓘ
distanceFromChennai_km about 70 ⓘ
educationalRole center of Sanskrit learning ⓘ
center of Vedic studies ⓘ
famousFor Divya Desam Vishnu temples ⓘ
linked to: Divya Desam temples

Hindu temples ⓘ
Panchabootha Sthala of Shiva (Ekambareswarar) ⓘ
classical learning ⓘ
silk sarees ⓘ
festival Brahmotsavam at Varadaraja Perumal Temple ⓘ
Panguni Uthiram at Ekambareswarar Temple ⓘ
governedBy Government of Tamil Nadu ⓘ
hasInstitution Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham ⓘ
historicalDynasty Chola dynasty ⓘ
Pallava dynasty ⓘ
Vijayanagara Empire ⓘ
historicalRegion Tondaimandalam ⓘ
ISOCode_state IN-TN ⓘ
knownAs City of Thousand Temples ⓘ
languageSpoken Tamil ⓘ
locatedIn Kanchipuram district ⓘ
linked to: Kanchipuram
locatedNear Chennai ⓘ
majorTemple Ekambareswarar Temple ⓘ
Kailasanathar Temple ⓘ
Kamakshi Amman Temple ⓘ
Ulagalantha Perumal Temple ⓘ
Vaikunta Perumal Temple ⓘ
Varadaraja Perumal Temple ⓘ
onRiver Vegavathi River ⓘ
pilgrimageStatus one of the seven Moksha-puris ⓘ
primaryReligion Hinduism ⓘ
region South India ⓘ
religiousTradition Shaivism ⓘ
Shaktism ⓘ
Vaishnavism ⓘ
servedAs capital of the Pallava dynasty ⓘ
state Tamil Nadu ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ

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