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Kanchipuram

Town in Tamil Nadu state, southeast India, 80 km/50 mi southwest of Chennai (formerly Madras); population (1991) 169,800. It is one of the oldest towns in India, and one of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus. A centre for pilgrimage, it has many temples dating from the 7th and 8th centuries. It is noted for its weaving of silk and cotton fabrics, and saris.

It was a royal capital for the Pallava kings between the 4th and 9th centuries. After 1565 it was occupied by the Moguls, and there was considerable fighting there during the war between the British and Hyder Ali (1780–81).

The great hall in the Ekambaranatha temple dedicated to Shiva has 540 decorated pillars.
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