Report: Kanchipuram Temple Filmography and Popular Videos

Thiruvilaiyadal (1965)

  1. Temples of India (Season 2, Episode 4) – Amazon Prime. Focus: Pallava architecture in Kanchipuram.
  2. Mystery of the Sunlit Temple – YouTube Premium (short film). How sunlight hits the Kailasanathar vimana only on equinoxes.

If you can’t travel yet, these videos are the next best thing:

2. Baba (2002) – Rajinikanth’s Spiritual Journey

Dasavathaaram (2008)

starring Prakash Raj—the temples themselves are iconic filming locations. Exploring Kanchipuram , in the land of 1000 temples

Western Recognition – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

– Though set in Jaipur, the film’s second unit shot B-roll of elderly tourists at the Ekambareswarar Temple to establish the "Indian spiritual atmosphere." The long corridors and the ayiram kaal mandapam (hall of thousand pillars) appear in a 30-second montage.