कांचीपुरम

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Kanchipuram Temple, India

• kaanchipuram tirthapuri dakshin ki kashi mani jati hai, jo madras se 45 mil dakshin –pashchim mean sthit hai . kaanchi adhunik kal mean kaanchivaram ke nam se bhi prasiddh hai .
• aisi anushruti hai ki is kshetr mean prachin kal mean brahmma ne devi ke darshan ke liye tap kiya tha .
• mokshadayini sapt puriyoan ayodhya,mathura,dvaraka, maya(haridvar),kashi aur avantika (ujjain) mean isaki ganana hai .
• kaanchi hariharatmak puri hai . isake shivakaanchi, vishnukaanchi do bhag haian . sambhavat: kamakshi mandir hi yahaan ka shaktipith hai . dakshin ke panch tatvaliango mean se bhootatvaliang ke sambandh mean kuchh matabhed hai . kuchh log kaanchi ke ekamreshvar liang ko bhootatvaliang manate haian, aur kuchh log tiroovaroor ki tyagarajaliang moorti ko . isaka mahatmy nimnalikhit haian .:
  

rahasyan sampravakshyami lopamudrapate shrrinu.

netradvayan maheshasy kashikanchipuridvayamh॥
vikhyatan vaishnavan kshetran shivasaannidhyakakamh.
kanchikshetrean pura dhata sarvalokapitamah:॥
shridevidarshanarthay tapastepe sudushkaramh.
praduras puro lakshmi: padmahastapurassara .
padmasane ch tishthnti vishnuna jishnuna sah .

sarvashrrigaanr veshadhaya sarvabharanbhooshita ॥ (brahmandapu॰ lalitopakhyan 35)

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Kailasanathar Temple Kanchipuram

• yah eesa ki arambhik shatabdiyoan mean mahattvapoorn nagar tha . sambhavat: yah dakshin bharat ka nahian to tamilanadu ka sabase b da kendr tha .
• buddhaghosh ke samakalin prasiddh bhashyakar dharmapal ka janm sthan yahian tha, isase anuman kiya jata hai ki yah bauddhadharmiy jivan ka kendr tha .
• yahaan ke sundaratam mandiroan ki parampara is vat ko pramanit karati hai ki yah sthan dakshin bharat ke dharmik kriyakalap ka anekoan shatabdiyoan tak kendr raha hai .
• chhthi shatabdi mean pallavoan ke sanrakshan se prarambh kar pandrahavian evan solahavian shatabdi tak vijayanagar ke rajaoan ke sanrakshanakal ke madhy 1000 varsh ke dravi d mandir shilp ke vikas ko yahaan ek hi sthan mean dekha ja sakata hai .
• ‘kailasanath’ mandir is kala ke charamotkarsh ka udaharan hai . ek dashabdi pichhe ka bana ‘vaikunth perumal’ is kala ke saushthav ka soochak hai . upayukt donoan mandir pallv nripoan ke shilpakala prem ke utkrisht udaharan haian .