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Five

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South

lndia

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called

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are

specified

as

of

Prthvi

(Earth),

Ap"

(Water),

Vdyu

(Air),

Tejas

(Fire)

and Akas'a

(Ether).

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Tiruchirapatli),

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Arcot

Dt.)

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and

Chidambaram

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South Arcot

Dt.) is Akds'a-kshetra.

Kdlahasti

(in

Andhr,a Pradesh)

is

Vayu-kshetra.

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consonance

with,

Kahci being regarded

as

Prthvi

(Earth)

kshetra,

the S'lva-linga

in

the Ekimrandtha temple

-

the

principal

S'lva

temple

of KSfrcipurarn

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and covered

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of

'three

pithas

as

the

foremost of the

country. They

are the

Kdmardja Pltha

being

at

Jdlandhara

and

Kdmar0pa.

another Tantric

work

points

to

Kdff'ci

'Akas'a-

Pitha"

of

Devi.

108

S'akti-pithas

of the

at Kdffci, the other

two

Saubhagya

Cintdmani,

as

the

abode

of

the

The

Sanskrit

word

'l(Affci',

when

used

as

a

proper

noun

means the

name

of the city

of

KAffc'i.

When

used

as

a

common

noun, the word

signifies

a

girdle

-

i.e.

a

belt-like,

metal

rnade

(silver

or

gold)

ornament

worn

by wornen around

the

abdomen,

just

above

the hips.

In

Tamil

language,

the

word

'Kafrci',

means

the

hook

joinlng

the

two ends

of the

girdle

known as

"Odydfam".

When

the

girdle

is worn,

this

hook,

will

naturally

touch the

navel

spot of

.the

one

who wears

the

ornament.

Even like

this, lGfici

city is

regarded

as the

"Navel

of

the

Earth".

The

lGnc.l-mahatmya Purdna refers

to lG6cl

city as

such

'Adhi

bhaut ikamarhho

ghnarh

nabhisthanafi

bhuv

ah

pararif'

(Ch. 31, Vene-70).

llGmakshi

Vilasam',

a section of the

Markandeya

Purhna points

to

Kafici as

the

"N-abhisthdnam"

-

navel

of

the Universe.

(VideChaptersX&XD.

The 'Kafrcipurafiffi',

written in Tamil, by S'ivajfrana

Munivar

refers

to

the

ether

in

the

bila

(cave),

inside

the temple

of

S'ri

Kdmdkshi,

as

'the

atmosphere

pervading

the

navel

of Mother

earth

encircled

by

the

sea".

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Kdnci

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Rdmdnujdcdrya,

the founder of Vis'ishtddvaita

sampraddya,

born

at Sriperumpudur, near KSffclpuram

had

his

early

education

under

Yddavaprakds'a, at

Kdfrc.ipuram.

Rdmdnuja had

been

doing

devotional service

to

Lord Varadardja,

in

the

temBle

at

Vishnu K6frc.i. Further it was only at Visnu Kdfrci

that

Rdmdnuja

entered the ascetic

order. Only in

mid-life, he

left

Kdfrci

for

Srirangam

Vedinta

Des'ika

and

Pillai Lokdcdrya, respective

foundeis

of

the

Vadakalai

(northern

sect) and

Tenkalai

(southern

sect)

sampraddyas

of

Vaishnavism

were nativs of, Kdficl

and

residents

of

the

city

for

long

years.

The

S'aivite

monk

JfiSnaprakasa, founder

of

the Tondaimandalam

S'aiva Siddhdnta Math, belonged to Kafrcl. Pattinattadigal too

spent some

years

at Kdfrci.

Great scholars,

in Sanskrit,

flourished in

Kafrci from very

early times. The first wetl-known Pallava ruler Simha

Vishnu,

is

said

to

have

brought the

Sanskrit

poet

Bhdravi to his court.

Mahendra I, thp Pallava

king, himself an erudite scholar, is the

author of

the celebrated

Sanskrit

farce,

'Mattavildsa

Prahasana'.

Dandin, author

of

.the

Sanskrit

Rhetoric

'lGvyadars'a',

has

adorned

the

court

of

Raiasimh?

Pallava

who ruled

at

Kdfrci from

685

to 705 A.D. Mayura lGvi, is

said to have

cornposed

the

poem 'S0ryas'atakam',

of

100 verses

at

Kafrci

and lived in

Kanci

for

some decades.

Dharmapdla,

a

native

of

Kaffc.l has been

a

pfeceptgr

at

the

Nalanda

University

Amongst

the

great

Tamil

poets

who have

been associated

with K6frcipuram,

Kacchiyappa

S'ivdcdrya, a

priest

of

the

Kandakottam

temple

at Kaffcl for

a long

period,

has been the

author of

'KandapLrranami

in

Tamil,

(1625

A.D.), based on

the

Skanda

Purdna in Sanskrit. Out of

the

13000 verses of

this

work,

the last

section

of

2,600

verses'is

ascribed to

Kacchiyappa's

pupil,

Ndndvarodaya

Panddram,

who has

spent rnany

years

with

Kacchiyappa

at

Kdfrc'i.

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famous

poet

of

17th century,

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subshrines

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tank

inside.

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temple,

situated

a

little

removed

from

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of

the

city,

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Rajasimha

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subshrine

with a mUlasthdna

(sanctum)

for

Devi,

nor a

rntrlavigraha

(stone

icon

of

worship)

of

Devi.

The

principal

seat

of

the Paras'akti,

is the temple of

Devi Kamakshl,

in

the

centrai

part

of

the city, known

as

"Karnakottarn".

Adiyarku Nall6r, an

erudite,

Tamil scholar,

has written a commentary

on

'S'ilappadikaram;

-

one

of the five

great

classics

of Tarnil literature.

According

to

the

verdict

of erninent historians,

the

gloss

of

Adiydrku

Nallar on

S'ilappadikaram

is a very

"learned

and

eloquent

commentary,

rernarkable for its extensive

and instructive

citations

from

numerous

old works now lost." The

commentator

has

quoted

a

verse in his

preface

to the

gloss.

which

verse, he characterises

as

'oan

old

song"

{"ugxb

unt-at.")

The

quoted

verse

attributes

the success of

Karikala t

grrst

half of second

century A.D.)

in his

northern

expedition upto

the Himalayas,

to the

grace

of the

S'dstamr"rrti,

the

guardian

angel of

the Kamakottam,

the abode

of

the Devi whose hands are

adgrned with bangles

i.e. Devi

Kamakshi.

This verse

evidentiy

points

to the

remote

ancientness

of

the temple

of S'rl

Kamakshl.

There

are subshrines

of Kalvar,

Vis'vandtha,

Annapurani,

Sarasvatl,

Adi

S'ankara

etc.

inside

the

temple.

The

Acharyas

of

the

Kamakoti

S'ankaracarya Math,

at

Kafrci, are

the hereditary

trestees

of the

temple.

lt

is

noteworthy

that

during

the times

of the

present

Acharyas,

the

tower over

the

sanctum

of the

temple,

has been

plated

with

go d,

a

gotd

chariot

has been

made

for

processions

of

Devi during

festival

days,

besides

a

number

of additions

by

way

of

ornaments

for

the deity

such as

sahasranama

garland

rnade

of

gold

etc.

.

There

is

a

special

temple

for

Sri

Subrahrnanya

(Kumara)

known

popularly

as

Kandakottam,

in

the

west

Rdjaveethi

of

Big

Kdfrcipuram,

Among

the

many

shrines

dedicated

to

S'ri

Ganes'a,

the

temple

of

Sanku-pani

Pillaydr

(murti

of Ganes'a

with

conch

in hand)

is

a

noted

one,

(situated near

Ulakalanda

Perumal

temple)

as

also

the

shrine

of

Vikatachakra

Vindyaka

inside

the temple

of

Sri

Ekdmrandtha.

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S'ankardcdrya

Math

is one

of

the

oldest

Advaita

maths

of Bhirat

with a

historical

background

of about

25

centuries.

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and

presided

over

by

Adi

S'ankara

and

later

by a

long successive

line

of ascetic

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known

them today. He

propounded

the theory

of absolute

Monism i.e.

the Advaita, non-dualistic school

of

Philosophy,

combated

the

dectrines of

Buddhism

and

Jainism and

re-established

the

religion

of the

Vedas and

the

Upanishads.

According

to

tradition, he

inaugurated several mutts

or

seats

of

learning in the four

corners of

India,

namely Sringeri

(Sharada

Peeth) in Mysore,

the

Kamakoti

Feetha

in

Kanchi in

the

South,

Badrinath

in

the Himalayan

region

ir'

the

North,

Jagannath

or

modern

Puri

in

the

East

and Dwaraka in western Gujarat".

(vide

page

10

of the

Report),

In the English translation,

made

by

Sri

Lakshmi Datta

Dikshit

(Fellow

of

the

Punjab

University)

of

'The

Age of Shankariwritten

in Hindi

by Vidyabhaskar

Udayavir Shastry, and

published

by the

Vriianand Vedic Research Institute,

Gaziabad

(1981),

references

are madg

to

the institutions

established by

Sankaracarya.

In

page

35

of

the work the following remarks

are found:-

"A

number

of Mathas

in

the

name.of

the

founder Acharya

were established in iater

years.

But

the Kanchi

Karnakoti

Peetha

is as

old

as

the

other

main

Mathas". In

pages

48, 49 it is

stated

"A

study

of

the litera.ture

on

the

life of the Acharya makes

it

qlear

that after

establishing the'four Mathas,

the

Acharya

did

stay

at

Kanchi Kamakoti

for

some

years.

This was towards the

end

of

his

life."

Mr. William

Cenkner, Professor of the History of Religions,

in

the School

of

Religions

of

the

Catholic

University of America,

Washington D.C.

irr

his work,

'A

Tradition

of

Teachers:

Sankara

and the

Jagadgurus

of

Today'

(Published by

Motilal Banarsidas,

Delhi

-

1983, reprinted 1984)

-

writes;

"Sankara

reorganised

Hindu ascetical life

along

monastic lines by establishing mathas

to

propagate

Sanatana

Dharma and the

Advaita

tradition. Tradition establishes

the

major

mathas

at

Sringeri,

Kanci, Dwaraka, Puri

and

Badrinath".

(Part

ll

Chapter V-

Page 109)

The

Kalyan,

a

premier

Hindi

periodical

published

by

the

Gita

Press,

Gorakhpur

(U.P)

issued

a

special number

called

'Trthank',

in

January

1957.

In this issue,

the name of the

monastic institutions established

by

S'ankara

are

mentioned

under

two

categories.

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pose

of

performing

penance

(standing)

along with

a

Linga,

a

book

and

whisks

etc.,

distributed

on

all

sides

of the

sculpture,

is

seen

by

the

side

of the

time

honoured

sacred

mango

tree

(Mavadi) in

the

prAkara

of

Ekamranatha

temple.

A

slightly

larger

stone

image

of

S'ankara,

in

a similar

penance

pose,

can

be

seen

in

the

Vaikuntha

Perumal

temple

in

S'iva-Kafrcl.

Stucco

images

of

S'anka-ra

and

VyAsa

are

seen in

the

KailasanAtha

temple

at

KAfrci._ln

a

sculptural

panel

in

the

lravAttanes'vara

temple

at

Kafrci

one

can see

by

the side

of

Daksinam0rti

(in

the

centre),

images

of the

old sage

VyAsa

and

S'ankara

chiselled

as a

young

boy in

his early

teens.

In

the

Varadaraja

temple

in

Visnu-KAfrci,

in

a

pillar

of

_the

mantapam

before

the

shrine

of

Mahadevi,

the images

of

Vyasa

showing,

one

finger,

as

if

denoting

the

Advaita

concept

and

S'ankara

standing

near,

have

been

chiselled.

In

the

four-pillared

mantap,

to the

south

of the

Anantasaras

tank in

the same

temple,

there

is

_a

sculpture

of S'ankara

in-

standing

posture.

In

the

Punyakotisvara

temple

in

Visnu-KAfrci

there

is a

stone image

o_f

S'ankara. In

S'ivAsthanam

temple, about

a

mile off

Visnu-Kafrci,

there

is

a

sculptural

panel,

in the

wall

inside

the sanctum

sanctorum,

portraying,s'ankara

as

performing

dandavandana

(obeisance with

the

danda,

the

holy

staff

of ascetics)

to S'iva

and

Parvati.

On

the wall

inside

-the

sancturn

of the Kimakoti

S'ankaracarya

malh

at

Kaffcipuram,

there

is a sculptured

image

of

S'ankara

flanked

by six

disciples.

In

a

yillage

called

S'evilimedu,

sorne

five

kilometres away

from

Kaffci

and

even

in

distant

places

such

as

PAppAncavadi,

Poonamallee,

Tiruvottiy0r

(near

Madras)

there

are

S'ankara

sculptures

in

the

important

temples

of those

places.

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Parampara

of

the

Kafrci

S'arlkaracarya

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S'ri

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56.

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58.

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60.

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68.

S'ri

Candras'ekharendra

Sarasvati

(1907

'

1994)

This

Acarya

became

the

68th

head

of the

Peetha,

in his

13th

year in 1907.

He

toured

extensively

from

Cape Comorin

to

VArAnasi.

He

was

a

versatile

scholar

in

S'astras,

arts, and

modern

sciences

as

well.

He was

well

versed in

many

of the

Indian

languages

and

in

some

foreign

languages

too. He

was

extolled

as a

'Living

God'

by

the

vast mass

of his

devotees. He

shone as

the

greatest spiritual luminary of

this

century. Many

a

foreign

schola,r

and

thinker

who

had

met him and

had

long

interviews

with

him,

have

recorded

_their

appreciation

of the

erudition

and saintliness

of

this

Great

Acarya.

He

started

various

trusts

for the

study

of the

Vedas

and

the S'Astras

and

for

the

good

of

priests

of

Temples,

etc.

He

attained

eternal bliss

at

KAfrci

on

8th

January

of 1994.

69. S'ri

Jayendra

Sarasvati

Initiated

into

the

ascetic

order

by the

illustrious

68th

Acarya

in

1954

and

nominated

as

his successor,

Sri

Jayendra

Sarasvati

has

toured

almost

throughout

India.

He

has

visited

Nepal

twice

at

the

request

of

the

King

of

Nepal.

This

Acarya

has

founded

a

number

of

institutions

and trusts

for the

welfare

of the

poor

and

weaker

sections

of

society.

This

Acarya

too

has taken

in

a

successor

by

name

S_ankara

Vijayendra

Sarasvati,

some

ten

years

ago.

The young Acarya (70th) is assisting his

preceptor

in

the

activities

of the

Math

and

in

the

proper

functioning

of

the

various

religious

and

charitable

trusts

established

by his

preceptor and

grand -

precePtor.

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Candrach0da

57.

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linga:-I

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Mdrkandes'vara

9.

Mattala

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10.

Ashtottaras'ata

Linga

(II)

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a

pillar

in

front

of

All

three

found

in

the

first

prdkira

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of

Ekdmrandtha

temPle.

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the

southern

side

of

I

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Ekdmrandtha

Temple.

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small

lingas

in

one)

-

west

side

of

I

Prakara,

Ekdrnrandtha

TemPle.

-

in

north

side of

I

Prakara

-

Ekdmranitha

TemPle.

-

in

north

side

of

I

Prdkdra

-

Ekdmranatha

TemPle.

(108 small

lingas

in

one)

-

in

south-west

corner

of

I

prdkara

of

EkdmranAtha

Temple"

-

in

north-west

corner,

of

II

prdkara

in

EkimranathaTemPle'

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23.

24.

Manmathes'vara

Hiranyes'vara

(Linga

with

16

stripes)

25.

l(as'iVisvanatha

26.

Davales'vara

27.

Gangadhares'vara

28.

Javantees'vara

29.

Kankanes'vara

30.

Katakes'vara

31.

lravdsthanes'vara

32.

Piiavdsthanes'vara

(also

known

as

'Apunarbhaves'vara')

33.

Muktes'vara

(I)

34.

Edir

Veerattanes'vara

'35.

Mahalinges'vara

36.

Arunacales'vara

37.

Veerattanes'vara

-

in south

bank

of

Sarvateertham

Tank.

-

in the

west

bank

of

Sarveteertham Tank.

-

in

the

west

bank

of

Sarvateertham

Tank.

(There

is

Mukti

Mandapa

inside)

-

in the

west

bank

of

Sarvateertham

Tank.

-

in the west bank

of

Sarvateertham

Tank.

-

inside

Agricultural

Farm

near

Pancupettai.

-

in

Chinna

Kammala

street.

-

in

Kammala

street.

-

in

Kammala street,

situated

to

the

west

of

Vellaikulam

(Tank).

-

in

Kammala

street.

-

in

Kammala

street.

-

in

Appa

Rao street.

-

in south

bank

of

Vellaikulam

(tank).

-

in the

east

bank

of

Vellaikulam

(tank)

-

associated

with

Chakkiya

Nayandr.

situated

on

the

road

to

Konerikuppam

-

off RailwaY

level

crossing.

38.

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53,

lGcchapes'vara:-

in the

temple

at the

junction

of

Nellukaran

street

with

West

Rajaveethi

-

associated

with the

legend

of the suppression

of

H?13',.;"0fix?J:5ving

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celestials

and

demons

churned

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ocean

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obtaining

nectar.

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rshtasiddhees'vara

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above).

55.

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rravates,vara

:?11il:lii:'pre

or

Pallava

times, in

West

Rdjaveethi.

57.

Mahas'6stes'vara

-

in

West_Rajaveethi

-

near

Vanniyar

Choultry.

58.

Asastees,vara

(rr):-

ffi[fi

J,8JJ:

Agastya

to

the south

(inside

Upanishad

Brahmendra

:.

Yulh),

Kailasandthar

TernPle

Road.

59.

lGilasandtha

-

enshrined

in a large

:'

temPle

built

mainlY

bY

Rajasimha

Pallava

and

completed

by his

son, noted

for

its sculptures,

stuccos

nd

paintings.

60.

lGlahastees'vara

-

in Tirumerrali

street,

Pillaydrpdlayam.

61.

Anddi

-

Rudres'vara

- in

Nadu

street,

Pillaydrpdlayam.

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Kdles'vara

i

76.

l(annees'vara

77.

Mohinees'vara

78.

Budrakotees'vara

(IIf

79. Trikdta

Jfrdnes'vara

80.

Siddhes'vara

81. Virupakihes'vara

82.

Valathees'vara

I

83.

l'Gnikandes'vara

84. Nagares'vara

ll

85.

Indresvara

86.

Mandales'vatra

(Mandanes'vara)

87,

Jayantes'vara

'

,t

88,

Mallikdrjunes'vara (ll)

89.

Mallikavanes'vara

*

near

Kali Temple,

west of

Sri KAmdshi

Temple.

--

in Sengazhaneer

Odai

Street.

-

(near

No.

76 above).

-

in Sengazhaneer,

Odai

street,

-

inside bus

stand

compund.

-

in Kam

araiar

street

-

at back

of

Keeraimantapam

in

Valathees'varan

Koil

Street.

-

near Kavatan

gate

-

in

Valathees'varan

Koil street.

-

in Kar:ukkinil

Amarndaval

Koil street.

-

in

Mettu

Street.

-

Linga

with

16

stripes

-

behind

Kailasandtha

tempte.

-

situated in

a

garden

in

front

of

Narayana

Ashram,

near

Kachapes'varar

Mdda

Veethi

-

(formely known as

"Mandana

Mishra

Agraharam').

-

l-inga

with

32 stripes,

in

the

palm

grove

behind

Kaildsandtha

temple.

-

in

the

garden

behind

the

church in

Konerikuppam.

-

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garden,

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102.

Punyakotees'vara

Vasishtes'vara

Manikanteslvara

Vishakantes'vara

Phanimanees'vara

Varadarajes'vara

:

situated

near No.

98

(above).

both inside a

srnall

temple in

Tirukkacchi

Nambi Street,

Little

Kdfic'ipuram

-

in a temple south-east

of

Chetty

street, Little

Kdfrcipuram.

-

in Ayyangarpdlayam,

Little Kdffclpuram.

-

situated on the west of

'

Vegavati river

on the road

to

Tenampakkam village

from

Little

Kafrcipuram.

-

on the

way

to

Pachayappa's

Women's

College,

Little

Kdfrcipuram.

-

inside

compound

of

Pachayappa's

Women's

College,

Little Kdfrclpuram.

stands

under an As'vatha

tree

in

front

of

Vydsas'dntdleesvara

temple

(No.

98 above)

in

Little

Kdffclpuram,

l

)

105. Kis'yapes'vara

106.

Atrees'vara

107. Tdntonrees'vara

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Kdffcipuri

stands

unique in several

respects,

as an important

city

o1

lndia with

a glorious past. Strenous efforts are on

the

anvil

for restoring

this

divine

city

to

its ancient

and

prestine

glory,

especially in the cultural,

spiritual,

literary,

educational

and

social

spheres, under"the

guidance

of the

revered

Acharyas

of

the

Sankaracharya

Math

(Sri

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The

initial steps such

as

acquiring

adequate

land for

the

construction

of

a

Studium

Generate

of the

type

of the

ancient

Ghatikds,

provision

of water

facilities etc.

have been

already

taken

up

and

worked

out

satisfactorily.

An

arts and

science

college,

(as

a nucleus

of

the wide

scheme)

has

been

already

started

and

is

being

run.

Because

of

the

large extent

of space

needed

for the scheme,

an

extensive

campus

on

the outskirts

of

Kanchi

'city,

has already

grown,

for housing

the

educational

institutions,

multi-purpose

and multi-lingual

library

etc.

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the willing co-operation

of devotees

of

Adi

Sankaracharya,

all

over

India

and

abroad,

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planned

restoration of Kanchi

to

it's

ancient

greatness

and

glory

will

surely

be.a fait

accompli

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the'time

of the birth

centenary

of

the

Jagad

guru,

the

great

Sage

Ach.arya

of

Kanchi

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