Museum of Folk Art

 

Shakunthala Jagannathan Museum of Folk Art

Is placed towards left side of Ekambareswarar Temple street

To know more about museum of flok art Click here
and here

Date of visit : 30.06.06
Photography by Sathiyan S

Kanchi Kudil

kanchi Kudil is a house placed on the way to the Kailasanathar temple in Kanchipuram
Unfortunately it was closed… during my visit. 😦

Address: 53A, Sangeetha Vidwan Nainar Pillai Street
(Old Putheri Street) Kanchipuram Tamilnadu
Phone: +91 4112 27227680

To Know more about Kanchi kudil please Click here

*30.06.06
*Photography by Sathiyan S

Gopuram

Gopuram of Ekambareswarar Temple

30.06.2006
Photography by Sathiyan S

Ekambareswarar Temple

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.06.2006
Photography by Sathiyan S

Thennangur – Part 2

The inner walls of Thennangur temple are decorated with fiber glass and special paints. Temple people claim that, there are the first to use the fiber glass in temple construction.

Thennangur is 6 km before Vandavasi, 22 km from Uthiramerur, 55 km from Chengalpattu and 30 km from Kanchipuram route. There are bus facilities from Chennai to Vandavasi and from there to Thennangur.
Date of visit : 30.06.2006

Thennangur

The Rajagopuram at the main entrance is fashioned in the South Indian Style, while the ‘Karuvarai Vimanam’ (turret over the sanctum of the temple) is in the Poori Jagannadhar Temple (Orissa) style, and the idols of Pandurangan-Ragumayi are replicas of the idols in Pandaripuram (Maharashtra). Thus the Thennangur Poori Panduranga-Ragumayi Temple is a mixture of three styles respective to their cultures.

Raja Gopuram

This temple is situated near Vandavasi (Thiruvannamalai District). Thennangur was previously known as ‘Dhatchina Halasyam’, there are plenty of bus facilities available from Kanchipuram. One should take a bus which goes to Vandavasi and get down at Thennagur. If a person is coming from Chennai, he should get down at Vandavasi and then catch another bus or auto to reach Thennagur.

The gopuram over the sanctum of the temple is 120 feet in height and the dome alone is 10 1/2 feet tall.

The men before entering the sanctum sanctorum are supposed to remove their garments on the upper part of their bodies which is a temple regulation followed by one and all.

The idols of Pandurangan and Ragumayi (10 1/2 feet and 8 1/2 feet in height respectively) are a visual treat









The Panchaloga Vigraham of Varadaraja Perumal with SreeDevi and Bhoodevi and Achdharaya Perumal idol can also be seen here.

Varieties of adornment
Panduranga-Ragumayi appears in different adornments. On Saturdays, they are dressed up like Thirupathi Venkatesaperumal, on Thursdays it is Nijapadha Dharisanam, on Fridays it is Velli Kavasa Alangaram, on Sundays it is Rajagopalan alangaram with a Rajasthan type of turban and on other days they are in their own attire.

Vishnu

Dakishanamurthy on top

Outer view

Back to Kanchipuram

Colourful joy

Joy @ the peak

148 years later

Photograph by Linnaeus Tripe – 1858

 

This photograph of a view of the Idgah and tomb at Ryakotta, was taken by Linnaeus Tripe (1822-1902) in 1858 and published in an album entitled ‘Photographic Views of Ryakotta and other places, in the Salem District…with descriptive notes, by J.A.C. Boswell, Esq., M.C.S.’ (Madras, 1858). ”The tomb in the foreground was erected a few years ago over the remains of a Musalmani fair, and near it is an Idgah. The term Idgah is applied to a platform enclosed by a wall, where Muhammedans assemble for occasional devotions especially at the seasons of the Ids or festivals”. Tripe was in charge of one of the battalions of the 12th Madras Native Infantry, a regiment funded in 1824 and stationed in Madras. In 1855, Tripe was commissioned to take photographs for the British East India Company and the Madras Presidency which resulted in six albums, one of which was of Ryakotta.

 

Photograph by Sathiyan S – 28.05.2006

I didn’t no the significant of this Idgah until I read the article in British library

Photograph by Sathiyan S – 28.05.2006

Pattu nagaram – Kanchipuram

 

Hand-loom weawers society

The silk thread – Kanchipuram

Kanchipuram, apart from its famous temples, this small town is also known for its thriving handloom industry. Kanchipuram town is also known as Silk City since the main profession of the people is weaving silk sarees. The silk weavers of Kanchi settled more than 400 years ago and have given it an enviable reputation as the producer of the best silk sarees in the country.

 

Handloom

Its economy is entirely dependent on tourism and the well-established handloom industry. Kanchipuram has thousands of handlooms and skilled weavers that make its silk sarees one of the best in the entire world. About 75% of the city’s population is associated with the handloom industry in some way, either directly or indirectly. Yet, the city does not manufacture Silk or any other raw material that goes into its silk sarees. The Silk industry is entirely made up of Handloom weavers and merchants.

Women @ work

The Kanchipuram Silk Saree is hand-woven with dyed silk yarn with interleaved designs made with ‘Zari’ – a Silk thread twisted with a thin Silver wire and then gilded with pure Gold. Technically, the silk thread used for weaving Kanchipuram Sarees is made up of three single threads twisted together.Woven from pure mulberry silk and have an enviable reputation for texture, lustre, durability and finish. Hence, the Kanchipuram Silk Saree is usually stronger (and more expensive) than its counterparts from Arni, Dharmavaram, etc. However, the designs on the Saree itself are what bring it the fame.

Men @ work – preparation of saree – step 1

Men @ work – preparation of saree – step 2

Men @ work – preparation of saree – step 3

Born to live

“No more female infanticide in this village.”

I saw this billboard in Indur, a small village near Dharamapuri.
(On the way to Hogenakkal)

I am pretty much excited to see this billboard. But… I don’t recall
single female infanticide incident that happened in this village.