Image title: Temple of Sri Ekampanatar (Ekambaranathar)

Fig. 2. Chapter 30
Temple of Sri Ekampanatar (Ekambaranathar)
(Periya Kanchipuram)
Kamalaksa and Vidyunmalin in the silver and iron fortresses respectively

Original transliteration: Temple of Śrī Ēkampanātar

Gallery information:

These plates originate from the book The Shaivite legends of Kanchipuram (original title: “Les légendes çivaïtes de Kāñcipuram”) which details the story and legends of the Kanchipuranam: a book that presents Kanchipuram as an important seat of Hinduism where Vaishnavism and Shaivism which have seemingly co-existed since ancient times.