Image title: Periya Kancipuram

Fig. 2. Chapter 30
(Periya Kanchipuram)
Siva on a chariot (the two wheels representing the Sun and the Moon)

Original transliteration: Periya Kāñcipuram

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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.