kumbakonam temples

Kumbakonam is also known as TEMPLE TOWN located in Tanjavur District in the southern Indian State of Tamilnadu. Kudanthai is the ancient name of Kumbakonam. The name "Temple Town" is due to the prevalence of number of temples here. Kumbakonam is town is covered by the two major rivers, the Kavery and Arasalar River. We have lots of Kumbakonam Travels around the city.

There are around 188 Hindu temples within the municipal limits of Kumbakonam. Apart from these, there are several thousand temples around the town thereby giving the town the sobriquets temple town and City of temples. The most important temples present in Kumbakonam are the Sarangapani temple, the Kumbeswara temple and the Ramaswamy temple.

To see all the places in Kumbakonam is not a difficult task at all if you are used any one of the Kumbakonam travels. The city is easily accessible through road, rail and air if you are coming from Chennai or Trichy. Most of the travels own a fleet of vehicles, which includes all latest model A/c and non A/c cars, bus, indica, indigo, innova, tempo traveler, with dedicated staff and world class services at any time. Most of the kumbakonam travels having all India permit and good experienced drivers. So the peoples do not have fear to travel around the Kumbakonam.

The Sarangapani temple was constructed by Nayak kings in the 15th century and is twelve storeys high. The Ramaswamy temple, which has scenes from the Hindu epic Ramayana depicted on its walls, was constructed by the Nayak ruler Raghunatha Nayak in the 16th century. Its principal idol of Lord Rama is made from a single piece of saligrama. The Kumbeswara temple is considered to be the oldest Saivite shrine in the town. It was constructed by the Medieval Cholas in the 7th century AD. This is the main temple of the town and as per the local mythology, is closely connected with the Mahamaham tank where pilgrims from all parts of India bathe once every 12 years during the Mahamaham festival. The temple of Nagesvara has a separate shrine for the Sun god Surya who is believed to have worshipped the Hindu God Shiva at this place. Kumbakonam has one of the few temples dedicated to the Hindu god Brahma.

Kumbakonam also has a number of Hindu monastic institutions or mathas. The Sri Sankara matha of Kanchipuram was moved to Kumbakonam during the reign of Pratap Singh and remained in Kumbakonam until the 1960s. There are also two Vellalar mathas in the nearby towns of Dharmapuram and Thiruppanandal and a Raghavendra matha in Kumbakonam. There is also a branch of the Vaishnavite Ahobila mutt in Kumbakonam.

The Thirupureswarar temple of Patteeswaram, the Oppliyappan Sannadhi, the Swamimalai Murugan temple and the Airavateswarar temple at Darasuram are located in the vicinity of Kumbakonam.

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