Kanchipuram, Chennai : The golden city of thousand temples is one of the seven sacred cities of India. The other holiest cities are Haridwar, Varanasi, Ayodhya, Mathura, Dwaraka and Ujjain. Kanchipuram is a temple city famous for Silk handloom sarees. The city was once the capital of the Pallavas (6 to 8 th c AD), the Cholas and the Vijayanagar rulers. One of tyhe four seats of Sri Adi Shankaracharya (a great Hindu saint), the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham is situated here.

Rock carved chain and thousand pillared hall