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• Kamakshi Amman Temple
  "Kamakshi Amman Temple"
  "This temple, dedicated to goddess Kamakshi (Parvathi with love's eyes), wife of Shiva, is one special place of Shakti worship in the country, the other ones being Madurai and Varanasi/Kasi. This temple was built by the Cholas during the XIV century.. The worship of the deity is direcly connected wit..."h the mystical drawing known as chakra, which is worshipped by throwing over it a profusion of red turmeric powder called Kumkumam (generally worn on the forehead by Hindu married ladies), but here the chakra is placed in front of the goddess. " More >
• Varadharaja Perumal Temple
  "VaradaRaja Temple."
  "This temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu as Devarajaswami. It was built by the Vijayanagara kings. It has a very beautiful hundred-pillared mandapam noted for its exquisite sculptures among which is a figure of the flute-playing Krishna with ten arms, called Madana-Gopala, with cows gathering around ..."him. The esoteric sense of this flute-play (and the gopi's dance) is the supreme joy which the devotees experience in moments of overflowing love in the presence of the object of their devotion. " More >
• Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
  "Kanchipuram, Kanchi Kamakoti Pita."
  "Kanchipuram is one of the seven sacred cities of India. It is situated at around 75km from Chennai and is worth visiting. It is a historic city , which was the capital of the Pallavas, the Cholas and the Vijayanagara empires, as well as a major seat of Tamil learning. Adi Shankaracharya, the "great ..."consolidator" of Advaita-Vedanta,that is : the non-dualistic Vedanta, who was born at Kaladai in Kerala, on the westcoast of South India as a Nambudiri brahmana, established here his Kamakoti Pita, one of the four main pitas. His teaching underlines the doctrine of the "only one Reality" that is Brahman which is non-dual and relationless. It alone is, the world being an illusory appearance in Brahman, even as the snake is in the rope. What makes one mistake the world as "real" is ignorance or maya. Since nescience is the cause of bondage, only knowledge is the means to release and, thus, one can get released while tenanting a body : such a one is called jivanmukta, besides videhamukti which... " More >