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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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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