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Wedding traditions of Kanchipuram

The temple town where the bridal silk sari is woven and bought for much of south India.

Kanchipuram is known for heavy silk saris with gold borders, traditionally the bride's choice at a Tamil or Telugu wedding. Families often make a journey here to choose the silk.

Kanchipuram: Kailasanathar temple
Photo: Ssriram mt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A wedding here

Wedding purchases in Kanchipuram follow the rite of the muhurtham sari, a sari chosen for the main ceremony. Families visit weavers' societies and old shops in the weavers' streets, and sometimes visit the temple of Kamakshi.

Where weddings happen

Temples such as the Ekambareswarar temple host small weddings. Most large weddings of buyers happen elsewhere.

The season and the calendar

Demand grows before the main wedding months, in the Tamil months of Aani, Avani and Thai.

Wedding customs of Kanchipuram

Also part of it, and being written: Kanchipuram sari (The silk sari with gold border.), Thali (The Tamil wedding pendant.), Ekambareswarar Temple (A Shiva temple where couples sometimes marry.), Kamakshi Amman Temple (The goddess temple.).

A wedding trail idea for Kanchipuram

  1. Weavers' streets Neighbourhoods with working looms.
  2. Ekambareswarar Temple A big temple with a mango tree said to be old.
  3. Kamakshi Amman Temple A major goddess temple.
  4. Silk shops on Gandhi Road The main place for buying silk.
About this page

Written by the EveryShaadi desk with AI assistance. Opening hours, venues and wedding-season dates change; check locally before travelling. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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StageFinding a matchEngagement and betrothalThe weeks beforeThe eveProcession and arrivalThe ceremonyThe wedding feastReception, dance and giftsAfter the wedding
🇮🇳 Kanchipuram, IndiaKanchipuram silk sari The heavy silk bridal garment woven in Kanchipuram with contrasting borders and gold zari.Attire · The ceremony 🇮🇳 Kanchipuram, India and 1 moreWedding sari The traditional draped garment worn by brides in South Asia for their marriage ceremony.Attire · The ceremony

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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