Kanchi : Kānchipūram was one of the seven sacred cities of Bhāratavarsha. What professional historians claim to be is the first historical record that mentions Kāñchī is an inscription which records the submission of its king Vishnugōpa to the Gupta emperor Samudragupta (q.v.) c.330-80. Kāñchī was the capital of the Pallavas, the birthplace of the famous Dharmapāla, & where Rāmānujam studied & lived for many years. When visited by Hiuen Tsang, in c.640 during the zenith of Pallava power under King Narasimhavarman, the city was 5 to 6 miles in circumference in which Hindu, Buddhist & Jain temples abounded. Kāñchī suffered a great deal on account of the perennial conflict between the Pallavas & the Chālukyas who, however, beautified it with many temples of which the most famous & the most ancient is the temple of Kailāsh Nātha. [Advanced History of India, R.C. Majumdar et al: 166-7; S. Bhattacharya: 536-7; & internet]
... to the spiritual and cultural barometers of our times cannot but remember the contemporaneous presence of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Shirdi Sai Baba, Sri Ramana Maharishi and the Paramacharya of Kanchi. Each in his or her Sadhana , I believe, exemplified the ancient Indian truth about Satyagraha , self-abnegation, self-absorbed meditation, and the inward gaze. None escaped from the world but each ...
... tap-dancing in front of Mother. I could see that both were enjoying themselves immensely. One day, I don't remember if it was his birthday or a Darshan day, I saw Pavitra-da wearing a beautiful 'kanchi' dhoti (a black-bordered dhoti) from Shantipur with a silk kurta on top and a silk chaddar over his shoulders. He came laughing to Mother to show her his new dress. Then without interrupting his laughter ...
... the routine diet too. They did not ask for any change or any more of anything. So when something unusual did come their way, they were overjoyed — a boyish thrill filled them. A bus ride to Gingee, Kanchi, or anywhere, filled their eyes with wonder. Then (for them) the exotic food — khichuri, potato curry, chutni, fried brinjals, sweets, etc. — all this in a single day — this was simply a miracle. ...
... Chronicles. There is the instance of the transfer of a Buddha-relic to Ceylon from Dantapura in the Āndhradeśa by permission of the king of a Nāga country called Manjerikā near the Diamond Sands, i.e., Kanchi. The Buddhist traditions of both Ceylon and Siam attest to it. But, although Siam has adopted the Ceylonese Buddha Era, its dating of the transfer differs widely. "The epoch to which the two traditions ...
... Collected Works of Nolini Kanta Gupta - Vol. 8 Who Seeks Holy Places? WHO seeks holy places Gaya and Ganga and Prabhas and Kashi and Kanchi and all, If I can tell to the end the countless count of the name of Kali? What need has one of rituals, if all the three holy hours one utters the name of Kali? The rituals pursue him in ...
... great-grandchild, she knew too well that the genuine turning to the Divine is one that comes from within oneself. Twice Appa took Amma to Swami Chandrashekhara Saraswati, the Paramacharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. These darshans left a deep enough imprint on her, for her to describe them to me after so many years. The most unusual yogi she met was Kullaswami. A native of Pondicherry ...
... The temple was in existence at least as far back as the second century AD, asserts Jouveau-Dubreuil. 5 "The Chalukya monarch Vikramaditya II (733-746 AD)," writes R. C. Majumdar, "then entered Kanchi, which he did not destroy, and donated heaps of gold to the Rajasimheswara temple and other shrines which had been built by Narasimhavarman II" (the Pallava monarch of seventh century). Page ...
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