Buddhist Sites

-| Kanchipuram | -

Location: District Chinglepet (Tamil Nadu) - Lat 12º 50' N, Long 79º 40' E

From the early times, Kanchipuram was a reputed seat of Buddhism. Many Buddhist writers are associated with the Kanchipuram. A celebrity of this place was Dharmapala - the famous teacher of Nalanda, the ancient Buddhist University of Bihar. He belonged to the Kanchipuram located in South India, as mentioned by the Chinese travellar and pilgrim Hiuen - Tsang. A Javanese poet of 14th Century AD speaks of Buddhist monks residing in monasteries at Kanchipuram. A Korean inscription of 1378 AD narrates the travels of an Indian monk Dhyanabhadra, who during his visit to Kanchi, heard an illuminated discourse by a local Buddhist preacher. No buddhist monument could be found in Kanchi but several images of Lord Buddha ranging between 7th to 14th Century AD were found in and around the holy city of Kanchi. A seated image of Lord Buddha in dhyanamudra was found near the police station of Brij Kanchipuram beside several more images.

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