Kancheepuram.. The temple city
Shantha Vishwanath, my dear mother-in-law, was born in the temple city of Kancheepuram in 1943. She frequently reminisces about her childhood days spent with her grandparents. She remembered visiting the temples holding her grandmother's hands as a young girl. Holidays were spent playing with her cousins on the open terrace of the large house. The house had a central courtyard. From the balcony, there were windows to look down at the courtyard's activities. Essential family functions were held there, leading to the gathering of near and dear ones. All relatives converged on the grandparent's house for summer vacations, and simple pleasures were looked forward to. Happy to be in her city Kancheepuram Our mind has a special place for storing these memories, and sometimes, as we age, it is enshrined, lending possibly a more golden hue than it actually was! But then, the 1950s and 60s were a different time and era - barefoot walks in the cities, sitting on the ground in the fr...