Advertisement
Advertisement
Kanchipuram
/ kɑːnˈtʃiːpərəm /
noun
- a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
Example Sentences
Pradhan lifted a Kanjeevaram from its box, another iconic Indian weave from the ancient southern city Kanchipuram.
Nalli is renowned for selling hand-woven silk saris, which are made from the artisan weavers in the Kanchipuram district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
But the mother of three from Nemmeli – a coastal village in southern India's Kanchipuram district – doesn't want any of her sons to take up fishing.
Kanchipuram was one of the worst-affected districts when the tsunami struck.
Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, head of a 1,000-year-old Brahmin monastic order, was arrested in 2004 in connection with the murder of Sankararaman, manager of a temple in Kanchipuram.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse