Image title: Temple of Sri Kaccapesvarar (Kaccapa-isvara)

Fig. 2. Chapter 23
Temple of Sri Kaccapesvarar (Kaccapa-isvara)
(Periya Kanchipuram)
Kurman worshiping the linkam (linga) (yellow copper relief)

Original transliteration: Temple of Śrī Kaccapeśvarar

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.