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Kanchipuram

Also called: Kanchi

The temple city on the Kampa (Vegavati) river where Parvati did penance under the single mango tree as Kamakshi; the Ekambareswarar temple is the earth-element shrine among the five element temples and keeps a mango tree said to be very old, with four branches.

Sources: The Skanda Purana, tr. G. V. Tagare (Motilal Banarsidass), Maheshvara Khanda: Kedara Khanda 27, 34-35 and Arunachala Mahatmya 3-13, on Wisdom Library; Wikipedia: Kamakshi Amman Temple; Ekambareswarar Temple (Kanchipuram); Arunachalesvara Temple · see Kanchipuram's web

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Kanchipuram home of

Lalita Tripura Sundari (God) Shakta
As Kamakshi.
Parvati (Consort)
Her penance on the Kampa under the mango tree.

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How the thousand names were told
Legend · 2 tellings

Cited

The Skanda Purana, tr. G. V. Tagare (Motilal Banarsidass), Maheshvara Khanda: Kedara Khanda 27, 34-35 and Arunachala Mahatmya 3-13, on Wisdom Library § 1.3a.3 Primary text (translation)
Wikipedia: Kamakshi Amman Temple; Ekambareswarar Temple (Kanchipuram); Arunachalesvara Temple § Ekambareswarar Encyclopedia