Kailasanatha Temple

Dedicated to Shiva, this is the oldest temple in Kanchipuram, the priest gave us a very good tour of the inner sanctum. Light plays off the carvings changing their appearence when the direction is changed. The old stone work is being covered with plaster to restore the detail, up close it looks awful.

Off for a RIDE in Kanchipuram

July 20th 2005
Kanchipuram (Kanchi) is located about 50 km south west of Chennai and is famous for two reasons, temples and silk. There are over one thousand temples in and around Kanchi, we did not see them all (three was enough)! The second reason was the main driver for our visit. We heard of an charity organisation called the Rural Institute for Development Education (RIDE) whose aim is to take children out ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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