KanchipuramPlacesMagnet for All FaithsShoba NarayanFebruary 11, 2019March 5, 2019 by Shoba NarayanFebruary 11, 2019March 5, 20195 657 The second reason why Kanchi was so famous throughout India had to do with its being a magnet for all faiths. There is Buddha Kanchi,...
ChanderiPlacesChanderi: IntroductionShoba NarayanFebruary 10, 2019March 8, 2019 by Shoba NarayanFebruary 10, 2019March 8, 20197 828 Two clouds passed over a parched land. They took pity on the toiling natives. “Oh, how hot they look,” exclaimed the kind clouds. Smiling, they...
KanchipuramPlacesThe Temples of KanchipuramShoba NarayanFebruary 8, 2019March 5, 2019 by Shoba NarayanFebruary 8, 2019March 5, 201912 633 The ground was laid when the Pallavas deemed Kanchi their capital city in the 6th century. Then came the Cholas, the Pandyas, the Hoysalas, the...
KanchipuramPlacesWhy is the Kanchipuram Weave Special?Shoba NarayanFebruary 4, 2019March 5, 2019 by Shoba NarayanFebruary 4, 2019March 5, 20197 811 India is a land of a thousand weaves: native to land, specific to region, linked to caste and community, and patronized by its local people...
KanchipuramPlacesHistory of Kanchipuram SilkShoba NarayanJanuary 28, 2019March 5, 2019 by Shoba NarayanJanuary 28, 2019March 5, 201912 1122 Kanchi is linked to the svadhishtana chakra behind the genitals because its presiding deity, Goddess Kamakshi is the goddess of love....
ChanderiPlacesSights and Sounds of Chanderi TownShoba NarayanDecember 5, 2018February 25, 2019 by Shoba NarayanDecember 5, 2018February 25, 20199 743 Nobody in Chanderi Wears a Chanderi By which I mean, nobody in Chanderi town wears a Chanderi saree. I don’t know why I was...