Talk:Kailasanathar Temple, Kanchipuram

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Did you know... that Kailasanathar Temple is the oldest extant structure in Kanchipuram?

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25 December 2019

Photos taken by me during my trip to this temple, in Kancheepuram, are added now. --B Jambulingam (talk) 10:42, 19 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Weak article, poor sources

Re: this version with too many problems.

This an important temple from many perspectives... Dravida architecture, the history of Pallava dynasty, Kanchipuram history, Tamil traditions in arts (both sculpture and painting), Shaiva iconography and others. The article relies too much on tour guides, which typically focus on highlighting where to stay, where to eat, where to get a spa treatment, best time to visit, streets to get bargain deals in, a careless summary sometimes with passing impressions/mockery/humor of a few or zillion monuments in the area. They often are copying older editions of their own tour guides – or other sources such as wikipedia – blindly. Newspapers are no better. These are all non-WP:HISTRS. Important temples such as this one have been carefully studied by scholars for decades. They have published peer reviewed articles or sections and even books dedicated to such temples. We should rely on and summarize peer reviewed scholarship and similar high quality dedicated sources by people who are trained and qualified to explain perspectives mentioned above. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 12:09, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tour guide can be okay if you just want to cite a summary about where the monument is located or similar contemporary-era data and facts. For the rest, please find WP:RS. I have added quite a few scholarly sources, both in the article and the bibliography section to aid any editor(s) who may want to read them and help improve this important article. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 13:56, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]