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Kanchipuram, Kanchi, or Kancheepuram (also sometimes Conjeevaram) is a district is in the northeast of Tamil Nadu, adjacent to the Bay of Bengal. It is bounded in the west by Vellore and Thiruvannamalai districts, in the north by Thiruvallur District and Chennai District, in the south by Viluppuram District. It lies between 11° 00' to 12° 00' North latitudes and 77° 28' to 78° 50' East longitudes. The district has a total geographical area of 4,432 km² and coastline of 57 km. The town of Kanchipuram is the district headquarters. Look up Bay of Bengal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Vellore district is one of the 30 districts in the Tamilnadu state of India. ... Tiruvannamalai District Arunachaleswar temple, Tiruvannamalai town Tiruvannamalai District is one of the 30 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu, in South India, and. ... . Thiruvallur district occupies an area of 3424 km² and has a population of 2,738,866 (as of 2001). ... The Chennai district is a district of Tamil Nadu, India. ... Viluppuram District Viluppuram (also Villupuram, Vizhupuram) is one of thirty districts which make up Tamil Nadu State situated on the southern tip of India. ... , Kanchipuram, Kanchi, or Kancheepuram (also sometimes Conjeevaram) is a city and a municipality in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ...

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Demographics

It had a population of 2,877,468 as of 2001. It is 53.34% urbanised as per Census 2001. [1]


The literacy of the district is 77.61%.


Mostly Vanniyar community people are occupied in this district. Sriperumbudur is located in this district.


History

The city of Kanchipuram has its historical significance of being the capital of the Pallava Kingdom from 4th Century AD. It is also known as the Temple City of South India (Nearly 1008 temples are found in the city). There was a famous poet by name Bharavi in the court of King Harshavardhana who praised Kanchi as the best city in that period in his poem as below.


"Pushpeshu Jaathi; Purusheshu Vishnu; Naareeshu Rambha; Nagareshu Kanchi" meaning the best among flowers is Lotus, men is Vishnu the god, women is Rambha a dancer in the court of Indra the lord of Devas, city is Kanchipuram.


It also had the unique fame of being the centre for education in India during that period. The Pallava kingdom was ruled by kings Simha Vishnu, Mahendra and Narasimha with Kanchipuram as the capital.


Economy

Businesses located in this district usually serve as feeders to the gigantic Chennai district market.


External links

  • Kanchipuram district
  • AllLocale.com Website for every neighbourhood in Tamil Nadu and Kanchipuram



Seal of Tamil Nadu State of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu Topics | History | Politics | Tamil people
Capital Chennai
Districts Chennai • Coimbatore • Cuddalore • Dharmapuri • Dindigul • Erode • Kanchipuram • Kanyakumari • Karur • Krishnagiri • Madurai • Nagapattinam • Namakkal • Perambalur • Pudukkottai • Ramanathapuram • Salem • Sivaganga • Thanjavur • The Nilgiris • Theni • Thoothukudi • Tiruchirapalli • Tirunelveli • Tiruvallur • Tiruvannamalai • Tiruvarur • Vellore • Viluppuram • Virudhunagar
Major cities Alandur • Avadi • Ambattur • Chennai • Coimbatore • Cuddalore • Dindigul • Erode • Kancheepuram • Karur • Kumbakonam • Madurai • Nagercoil • Neyveli • Pallavaram • Pudukkottai • Rajapalayam • Salem • Tambaram • Thanjavur • Thoothukudi • Tiruchirapalli • Tirunelveli • Tiruppur • Tiruvannamalai • Tiruvottiyur • Vellore

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Kanchipuram is situated at a distance of 75 kms from Chennai and 66 kms from Mahabalipuram.
Kanchipuram was the capital of Pallavas between the 6th and 8th century A.D. The Pallavas were succeeded by the Cholas and the Vijaynagar rulers.
It is a suburb of Kanchipuram and it was a center of Jainism.
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The district is bounded on the north and west by Vellore District, on the southwest by Krishnagiri District, on the south by Villupuram District and on the east by Kanchipuram District.
The district is bounded on the North and West by Vellore district and on the South West by Krishnagiri district on the South Villupuram district and on the East by Kanchipuram district.
The district is the leader in white and brown revolution among the districts in Tamil Nadu.
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