Divine Secrets of Kanchipuram: Temples to Kanjeevaram Sarees | Sapta Puri Ep 2
Located in the state of Tamilnadu, Kanchipuram is one of the seven holiest Hindu pilgrimages in India called Sapta Puri. The city is an amalgamation of art, architecture, and rich history that spans over two thousand years - making it one of India’s longest continuously living cities.
In today’s video let’s discover this timeless allure of Kanchipuram, a city steeped in spirituality and tradition. We’ll explore its numerous majestic temples, adorned with intricate architecture and vibrant history. We’ll also immerse ourselves in the cultural tapestry of this ancient land, where every corner tells a story of devotion and resilience. We’ll indulge in the tantalizing flavors of Kanchipuram's cuisine, a delectable blend of spices and flavors that satisfy the taste buds.
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00:00 Introduction
01:20 History of Kanchipuram
03:37 Mamandur Cave Temples
05:49 Kailasnathar Temple
07:34 Kamakshi Ammal Temple (Kanchi Kamakshi)
09:17 Ekambareshwar Temple
12:54 Kachabeswarar Temple
14:00 Varadharaja Perumal Temple
16:12 Ati Vardhar Festival
18:34 Sri Adi Shankaracharya
20:55 Kovil Idli experience
23:15 Kanjeevaram Sarees
27:05 India Coffee House
28:32 Festivals of Kanchipuram
More details about the temples of Kanchipuram:
1. Ekambareswarar Temple: Dedicated to Lord Shiva, the Ekambareswarar Temple is one of the largest and oldest temples in Kanchipuram. Its towering gopurams (gateway towers) and sprawling campus are a sight to behold. The temple's most prominent feature is the sacred mango tree believed to be over 3,500 years old, symbolizing fertility and prosperity.
2. Kailasanathar Temple: A masterpiece of Pallava architecture, the Kailasanathar Temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a treasure trove of exquisite carvings and sculptures. Built in the 8th century, this temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and is renowned for its intricate stone craftsmanship, depicting scenes from Hindu mythology.
3. Varadaraja Perumal Temple: Dedicated to Lord Vishnu, the Varadaraja Perumal Temple is an architectural marvel with its massive gopurams and intricately carved pillars. The highlight of this temple is the annual Panguni Uthiram festival, where thousands gather to witness the grand procession of the deity.
4. Kamakshi Amman Temple: Revered as one of the 51 Shakti Peethas, the Kamakshi Amman Temple is dedicated to Goddess Kamakshi, the divine consort of Lord Shiva. Adorned with vibrant sculptures and adorned with intricate artwork, this temple is a symbol of feminine power and grace.
5. Varadharaja Perumal Temple: Another prominent Vishnu temple in Kanchipuram, the Varadharaja Perumal Temple is famous for its massive complex and majestic architecture. The temple's main deity, Lord Varadharaja, is depicted in a reclining posture on the serpent Adisesha, symbolizing divine protection.
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13:35 Wowww....! and 23:20 Of my Interests..! This Man is doing great work. I enjoyed your all blogs. Keep it up. Lot of Love... 😍🥰🥰 16:03 You will come! (if you pin my comment, I have powers I can give you some divyashakti with terms and conditions apply😛) and The Saree you finally picked for Your Amma was awesome..! 25:16
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
21 күн бұрын
Thanks you so much - you are too kind with your words! 🙏 you are the first person to ask for pinning their comment and I’ll surely oblige :)
@Pravika0522
21 күн бұрын
@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms 🥰 You are most welcome. I will wait for the next blog and yes also The one in Year 2059 🤗
Bhai Man Pavitra Ho Gaya Pure Mandir Dekh Kar Jai Sri Ram
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
7 күн бұрын
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Most wonderful city Kanchipuram! The abode of lord Shiva and all Hindu gods and godesses! Wonderful video😊😊😊😊😊❤
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
15 күн бұрын
Thanks you so much 😍😍🙏🙏
Great video bro.. Superb shots , perfect editing , Appropriate Narratives .. i have been to kanchipuram. Just recalled memories again.. thanks
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
13 күн бұрын
Thank you so much Meet 🙌🙌🙌
Beautiful video! Most of the times one visit to such places is not enough, everytime we discover something different about these places. They have their own soul. Thank you Sidhartha for taking us on this visually pleasing soulful journey ( Saptapuri).
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
21 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for such a beautiful comment ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I have been to Kanchipuram twice, but I have visited only three main temples. I am planning a trip to Tamil Nadu early next year. I'll then visit the other temples you have taken us to. I am a mandir and moorti admirer. This will help expand and extend my considerable portfolio of sculptures. thank you
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
23 күн бұрын
You’ll love the other temples as well. Frankly my list had more places that I couldn’t cover. I’ve included the Google maps list in the description and you can use that as reference. Have a good trip there :)
@ajinkyapathak
22 күн бұрын
Please visit the Divya desams and padal patra temples
@damvka8731
20 күн бұрын
@@ajinkyapathak definitely
@damvka8731
20 күн бұрын
@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms One life is not at all sufficient to cover even any one state of India. Talking to locals gives lots of input to what one should explore. One such interaction more than 30 years ago gave us a new hill station to explore 'Yercaud'. Not many people outside Tamil Nadu know it still. The first time I visited it was really very raw, but after 25 years a few more advances were visible, like the presence of a petrol pump, and milk availability in the evening. Another interaction with the autorickshaw driver gave us a beautiful boating experience. Mavinkurve in Karnataka, near Honnavar. By road apparently, you have to travel around 20 km but by a rowing boat several minutes and a short distance. I visited twice. The first time was glorious. During boating we got to see a train running across a bridge over the Konkan railway.
Thank you so much to show us such a amazing part of India..
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
14 күн бұрын
You are most welcome - so happy that the video is getting so much appreciation 🙏
ahhhhh .... saw whole kanchipuram in this vedio quality ofc exceptional. spent the best 30 mins of my day watching this . may kamkashi bless to make more such vedios
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
17 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for such a beautiful comment! ❤️❤️❤️
बहुत अच्छा लगा देखकर ❤❤ ये Thanks for tour to kanchipuram 😊😊
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
14 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! 🙏🙏🙌🙌
Wow such a nice and cleanest blog's brother great work🙌🏻 fantastic episode one of this. Love you brother ❤ keep going waiting for the next blog.
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
18 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! ❤️❤️🙏🙏
Namaste
Thank you. For Visuals, Darshans, music and vibrations
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
14 күн бұрын
You are most welcome 🙏🤗
One of the nicest videos! Thank U very much dear Bro😊😊
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
15 күн бұрын
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Varadraj bhagwan ki jai❤
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
13 күн бұрын
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Wonderful vedio most wonderful l Beauty city kanchipuram
@tharabainadakuduru7782
2 сағат бұрын
Your voice is soo sweet 🎂🤩❣️❤️☺️😊
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
Сағат бұрын
Thank you so much - you are too kind! ❤️❤️❤️
Divinely beautiful temples💗🕉
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
6 күн бұрын
Absolutely! Kanchipuram is a gem ❤️
Great effort.I have been watching your videos of late.Excellent, especially the videos on the temples that you visit.Thank You and God Bless.👍
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
22 күн бұрын
Thank you so much of such an encouraging feedback! :)
Very nice video, detailed and honest
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
14 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! 🤗🤗🙏🙏
Such an nice episode. Kanchi has a lot to see. You covered almost every famous temple. Thank you
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
22 күн бұрын
Thank you so much 🙌🙌🤗🤗
Really happy to have you in my hometown. Would love to see a vlog with you visiting the Srirangam temple in Trichy sometime!!❤
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
23 күн бұрын
The pleasure was truly mine! It was my third time there and loved it even more this time 🤗🤗
Kāñći isn't southern Kāśi. Kāñći is Kāñći. Apart from that, nice documentary.
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
18 күн бұрын
I’m not spreading ang false ideology - just a phrase that’s used for the city. It’s like Kashmir is called ‘Switzerland of India’ - it’s not meant to bring down either Kashmir or Switzerland, just to praise both. You are reading too much into nothing but a phrase…
Truly Amazing , Enjoyed watching your vlog on Kanchipuram
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
19 күн бұрын
Thank you so much Rupam 🙌🙌
Best video ♥️
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
14 күн бұрын
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Wow! just came to know about your channel and immediately liked and subscribed. Your content, video shots, perfect background music etc is amazing. I dont understand Hindi but the English subtitles are very helpful.
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
2 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! I’m so happy to know that you could enjoy the video despite it being in Hindi 🙏🙏❤️❤️
@thirdeyeinthemaking7327
2 күн бұрын
@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms Welcome. Regards from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
that was amazing
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
15 күн бұрын
Thank you so much 🙌🙌❤️❤️
Amazing temples
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
23 күн бұрын
Absolutely! Kanchipuram is magic 😍
Really Thanks for this vlog😊
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
16 күн бұрын
You are most welcome! 🙏
what a wonderful vlog . loving this series.❣
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
23 күн бұрын
Thanks a lot - really appreciate your support 🙌🙌❤️❤️
Amazing video ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
23 күн бұрын
Thank you 🙏
Hara hara mahadev jai ekambareshawra sawmay 🙏
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
5 күн бұрын
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Very Beautiful! 🌺
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
9 күн бұрын
Thank you so much!
He deserves millons of subscribers ❤
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
15 күн бұрын
Thank you so much - you are too kind 🙏🙏❤️❤️
As always Beautiful Vlog, Waiting for next episode❤❤
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
23 күн бұрын
Thanks a lot Shekar! 🤗🤗❤️❤️
Aabhaar for presenting such a beautiful religious trip narrative narater and camara work is also effective and admirable
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
14 күн бұрын
Thank you so much 🙏🙏❤️❤️
Wonderful video
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
23 күн бұрын
Thank you so much!
This video made my eyes welled-up in tears ..so beautifully captured..tq bro...I am your new subscriber...keep on rocking..you took me on a tour of the whole of Kaanchipuram
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
12 күн бұрын
Thank you for such a beautiful comment!
Arpudam arpudam mahadevanandam thank you 🙏
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
18 күн бұрын
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Great work🙏
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
16 күн бұрын
Thank you so much 🙌
Great effort. Please goo to the largest temple, Sri ranganathaswamy temple in Srirangam
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
22 күн бұрын
I’ve been there before, but I do plan to visit Trichy again soon to make a detailed video about it 🙌
Nice
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
16 күн бұрын
Thank you :)
Great video bro
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
23 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️
namastheguruji
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
10 күн бұрын
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Full support ❤
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
23 күн бұрын
Thank you 🙏❤️🙌
Namaste ji Varadarajan temple mein Atti Vardar ke bare mein jho apne behind Kahan bola hai , oh accurate nahi hai . Vaha Moorthi ka detail link apko bhejti huin it's in Tamil dekh lena
@sanyorita28883
16 күн бұрын
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@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
16 күн бұрын
Thank you! If you share a short description here, I can add that version also in the video description so that other viewers can learn more 🙏
@sanyorita28883
16 күн бұрын
@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms I upload the short but where it stored I don't know
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16 күн бұрын
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16 күн бұрын
@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms kzread.info/dash/bejne/fWR9tZqTd66-qdI.htmlsi=9qimSCvcmShBKQVM the details said by saint it's in Tamil
Praveen Mohan has covered kailasanathar temple well. 🛕
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
12 күн бұрын
Alright 👍
May Amma be with u
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
19 күн бұрын
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@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
23 күн бұрын
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I have recently visited kanchipuram, your videos are too good .
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
8 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! 🙏🙏🙏
@Kidzz_TV_
22 сағат бұрын
Welcome , your story telling is awesome keep creating good content waiting for more such informative and awesome videos !
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
18 сағат бұрын
@@Kidzz_TV_ Thank you :)
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@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
22 күн бұрын
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Continue the good work bro❤ Your explanations, videography, music all perfect. Explore more tamilnadu temple. 1.Periya kovil - thanjavur. 2.Kumbeshwarar, oppiliappan, someshwarer, chakrapani, sarangapani, pateeshwaram, nageshwaram, swamimalai - Kumbakonam. Go to this place you will find more❤
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
15 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing the excellent list! I certainly plan to make vlogs on more Tamilnadu temples - I have a cool project in mind and I really hope it materialises this year 🙌🙌
@user-is5dd6hu7u
15 күн бұрын
@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms All the best and Watch the every details in sculpture. Happy journey
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15 күн бұрын
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Күн бұрын
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Pictures of temple s and narration should be more relating, which temple has which narration is intriguing
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
23 күн бұрын
I’ve tried to do that. However, for each temple there’s general footage just to showcase the temple as well.
how much time required for darshan in varadaraja swamy temple??
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
17 күн бұрын
It can vary quite a lot - when I visited, it wasn’t so busy but that’s not always true I was told. Check with the hotel that you stay with for the best time to visit - usually early morning is the best time in my opinion.
@agnibagnib8364
17 күн бұрын
@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms please also tell about kanchi kamakshi temple darshan details
भाई आपसे फूड आइटम की वीडियोबनानी है
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
14 күн бұрын
I’ve made two food vlogs - one in Jaipur and one in Pune :)
@NoorAnsari-td1yy
13 күн бұрын
अरे मैं पुणे में हूं मुंडवा केशव नगर में
Kanchipuram sarees or kanjiveeram ?
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
12 күн бұрын
It’s Kanjeevaram sarees - I might have mixed it up and said Kanchipuram sarees in the video. Apologies for that…
@deepkumar5009
12 күн бұрын
@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms no why it's kanjiveram it should be kanchipuram ryt .. why do people say that ? in South India we say it as kanchi pattu.. pattu is the silk ..
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@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
22 күн бұрын
Thank you ❤️❤️🙏🙏
The city of kanchi can get crores of money to TN govt if they keep the city and its localities clean and tidy.. it can even surpass tirupati but TN govt wont do affirmative action
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
15 күн бұрын
Perhaps you are right, but frankly if I’m a bit selfish, I would love to retain the old town charm that’s so hard to get these days. These phenomenal temples exist and are such an integral part of life there, and I feel that if we institutionalise it like some of the other major temples, we’ll lose this intimate connection with them. That’s my two cents - not that it matters much…
#KailashManasarovar is in #Tibet it is not in china
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
10 күн бұрын
It is indeed in Tibet and Tibet is in China even if historically it wasn’t. The world accepts that and that’s India’s official position as well. There’s no contention at all that Mount Kailas is in China - to go there you’ll need a Chinese visa too.
@drramakrishnansundaramkalp6070
10 күн бұрын
@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms china has illegally occupied an independent country of #Tibet. Due to #foolishness of nehru failing to protect a nation under the #SUZERAINTY & #Protection of #IndianMilitary
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
10 күн бұрын
@@drramakrishnansundaramkalp6070 see I can’t comment on the legality of the annexation but the reality is that the world (including India) accepts it. Shifting borders of countries has been a reality of this world and this process will continue in future also maybe not immediately but eventually. Borders are manmade and non-static - that’s the true reality of any border.
@drramakrishnansundaramkalp6070
10 күн бұрын
@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms That is the choice you are making, Rest is coldwar politics to recognize china's illegal expansionism which will disintegrate like #ussr
Request you not to use words or bhasya which doesn't belong to our civilization such as julus or albeda.
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
2 күн бұрын
Thanks for the suggestion Nandita. I do feel most comfortable, however, in the language I grew up speaking - a mix of Hindi, Urdu and English - at home and outside. The first two are Indian languages (with words from Arabic and Persian in the latter), and the last one is not - but I see all three as my own. These are the languages I think in and speak as well. I’ve tried learning other languages of the subcontinent and hopefully someday I’ll use a bit of Tamil as well (I love the language), apart from these three :)
Once Telugu capital !
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
15 күн бұрын
That’s an unusual way to describe it. If you mean Pallavas, they certainly ruled from Kanchipuram but aren’t usually identified as Telugu dynasty (they did rule over present day Telugu speaking regions back then). Vijayanagara Empire is identified as Telugu speaking empire (though their capital is in present day Karnataka at Hampi), and they did rule over Kanchipuram. However, it wasn’t their capital though they made significant contributions to the architecture of the city. Hope this helps 👍
Beautiful episode Siddharth. We all loved it. We pushed Kanchipuram to top of our list of next travel destination. Btw, can you please share the link to all the mantras used in the background?
@SiddharthaJoshiFilms
22 күн бұрын
Thank you so much Ajay! The link to the music used is already there in the description - look for the Kanchipuram music playlist 🙌
@AjaySatpute27
22 күн бұрын
@@SiddharthaJoshiFilms Thanks. Found it. 🙏
could you please give Naveen twitter .I will be there visiting from SFO