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Hindu Temples in Kancheepuram

Kancheepuram (often Kanchipuram in modern transliteration) is one of the seven Mokshapuris of Hinduism — sacred cities believed to grant liberation — and one of the densest concentrations of major heritage Hindu temples anywhere in India. The city was the imperial capital of the Pallava dynasty between roughly the 6th and 9th centuries, and three of its defining temples remain world-famous: the Ekambareswarar Temple (Shiva, one of the five Pancha Bhoota Stalams, representing the earth element), the Kamakshi Amman Temple (one of the major Shakti shrines in South India), and the Varadaraja Perumal Temple (Vishnu, one of the 108 Divya Desams). The Kailasanathar Temple, built by the Pallava king Narasimhavarman II in the early 8th century, is among the oldest surviving stone structural temples in the region. The page covers Hindu temples across Kancheepuram city and the surrounding traditional weaver settlements.