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Kaamatchi Amman - Kanchipuram

Mangalam seer Kanchi managar, 
mannu Kamakshi misai
thungam ulla natpadikam sulavey 
thingatpaya maruvum pani aniyum 
param unal thanil maghzyum 
kayamukha ayingaran iruthal katchi

 Our want to pray to Kamatchi Amman was decided on a day's notice. Being 75 kilometers away from Chennai, Kanchipuram is just one and half hours away.


 On reaching Kanchipuram, we first went to the Kamatchi amman temple. The gopuram as seen in the above picture is under going renovation.

 Being a Friday Amman devotees thronged the temple in huge number. We were in a queue for an hour as there were no special queues in this temple. Archanai was done in express time. But Kamatchi Amman gave her Karunai darshan. In a padmasana posture Kamatchi's darshan is a treat to the eyes of mortals like us.

 The temple has a huge corridor. Being associated with the Sankaracharyas the temple has restrictions to photography.

 The temple tank was also under restructuring. This temple is a sakthi peetam.


 After coming out of the temple went around on the look out for a restaurant. Thanks to the numerous Kanchi pattu shops there is no place for parking. At last it was hotel Saravana Bhavan that gave ample parking space.

 As it was the panguni uttiram time the hotel offered special lunch at the cost of just Rs.100. We felt the Kamatchi's mercy on us through this lunch. Ample lunch at a nominal cost - God is with us!

 Visited a shop and picked up a couple of sarees too before we drove back to Chennai. Left Chennai in the morning around 7:30 and came back by 1:30 PM along with Kamatchi's motherly blessings.

Recent 2017 photos of temple









 As long as we have NH to drive and get all the blessings from your favourite Gods.
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