Kanchipuram

Kanchipuram or Kancheepuram, formerly Conjeevaram, is a major pilgrimage site in northern . One of the most important spiritual centres of Hinduism, Kanchipuram has several medieval temples with spectacular architecture.
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  • City with about 164,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (290 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “Conjevaram”
  • Description: city in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as
    “Condjeveram”
    “Conjeevaram”
    “Conjeveram”
    “Kancheepuram”
    “Kānchi”
    “Kanjippuram”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kamakshi Amman Temple and Kumarakottam Temple.
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Hindu temple
The , also known as Kamakoti…
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Hindu temple
The Kumara kottam Temple is a in Kānchipuram, , .
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Railway station
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Kanchipuram

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Latitude
12.8364° or 12° 50′ 11″ north
Longitude
79.7053° or 79° 42′ 19″ east
UN/LOCODE
IN KCP
Open location code
7J4XRPP4+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 256777854
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1268159
Wiki­data ID
Q212332

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Kanchipuram” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kanchipurami”
  • Albanian: “Kançipurami”
  • Arabic: “كانتشيبرم”
  • Arabic: “كانتشيبورام”
  • Arabic: “كانشيبورم”
  • Basque: “Kanchipuram”
  • Bengali: “কাঞ্চীপুরম”
  • Bhojpuri: “कांचीपुरम”
  • Bishnupriya: “কাঞ্চিপুরম”
  • Catalan: “Conjeeveram”
  • Catalan: “Conjevaram”
  • Catalan: “Kancheepuram”
  • Catalan: “Kanchi”
  • Catalan: “Kanchipuram”
  • Cebuano: “Kānchipuram”
  • Chinese: “坎奇普南”
  • Chinese: “坎契浦兰”
  • Chinese: “建志”
  • Chinese: “建志補羅”
  • Chinese: “甘吉布勒姆”
  • Chinese: “黃支”
  • Chinese: “黄支”
  • Chinese: “黄支国”
  • Czech: “Conjeevaram”
  • Czech: “Kanchipuram”
  • Czech: “Káňčipuram”
  • Dutch: “Conjeevaram”
  • Dutch: “Kancheepuram”
  • Dutch: “Kanchi”
  • Dutch: “Kanchipuram”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كانتشيبورام”
  • Esperanto: “Kanĉipuram”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Kancheepuram”
  • Finnish: “Kanchipuram”
  • French: “Kancheepuram”
  • French: “Kânchî”
  • French: “Kânchîpuram”
  • Georgian: “კანჩიპურამი”
  • German: “Conjeevaram”
  • German: “Kancheepuram”
  • German: “Kanchi”
  • German: “Kanchipuram”
  • Gujarati: “કાંચીપુરમ”
  • Hebrew: “קנצ’יפוראם”
  • Hebrew: “קנצ’יפורם”
  • Hindi: “कांचिपुरम”
  • Hindi: “कांची”
  • Hungarian: “Káncsipuram”
  • Indonesian: “Kanchipuram”
  • Irish: “Kanchipuram”
  • Italian: “Kanchipuram”
  • Japanese: “カーンチープラム”
  • Japanese: “カーンチプラム”
  • Japanese: “カッチ”
  • Japanese: “カンジ”
  • Japanese: “カンジーヴァラム”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾಂಚೀಪುರಂ”
  • Kashmiri: “کانچی پورم”
  • Korean: “칸치푸람”
  • Ladin: “Kancheepuram”
  • Literary Chinese: “黃支”
  • Lithuanian: “Kančipuramas”
  • Magahi: “काञ्चिपुर”
  • Magahi: “काञ्चिपुरम्”
  • Malagasy: “Kanchipuram”
  • Malay: “Kancheepuram”
  • Malayalam: “കാഞ്ചീപുരം”
  • Marathi: “कांची”
  • Marathi: “कांचीपुरम”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kanchipuram”
  • Newari: “कांचीपुरम्”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kancheepuram”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kānchipuram”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kanchipuram”
  • Norwegian: “Kānchipuram”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kanchipuram”
  • Oriya: “Kanchipuram”
  • Oriya: “କାଞ୍ଚିପୁରମ”
  • Oriya: “କାଞ୍ଚୀ”
  • Pampanga: “Kanchipuram”
  • Persian: “کانچیپورام”
  • Polish: “Kanchipuram”
  • Polish: “Kańćipuram”
  • Portuguese: “Conjiverão”
  • Portuguese: “Kanchipuram”
  • Russian: “Канчи”
  • Russian: “Канчипурам”
  • Russian: “Каньчипурам”
  • Sanskrit: “काञ्चिपुरम्”
  • Sanskrit: “काञ्ची”
  • Sanskrit: “कामाक्षी”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱟᱸᱪᱤᱯᱩᱨᱚᱢ”
  • Slovenian: “Kanchipuram”
  • Slovenian: “Kančipuram”
  • Spanish: “Conjeeveram”
  • Spanish: “Kanchi”
  • Spanish: “Kānchipuram”
  • Swedish: “Kancheepuram”
  • Swedish: “Kanchi”
  • Swedish: “Kanchipuram”
  • Tamil: “காஞ்சிபுரம்”
  • Telugu: “కాంచిపురం”
  • Telugu: “కాంచీ”
  • Telugu: “కాంచీపురం జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “กันจิปุรัม”
  • Thai: “กาญจิปุรัม”
  • Turkish: “Kanchipuram”
  • Ukrainian: “Канчіпурам”
  • Urdu: “کانچی پورم”
  • Venetian: “Kanchipuram”
  • Vietnamese: “Kancheepuram”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kanchipuram”
  • Yue Chinese: “建志補羅”

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