List of Hindu temples in Kumbakonam

[citation needed] 12 Shiva temples are connected with Mahamaham festival which happens once in 12 years in Kumbakonam.

Shri Adi Kumbheshwara is the presiding deity of Kumbhakonam and Mantrapeetheshwari Mangalambika is the lord's Consort.

This temple comprises three Praharas and three Gopurams in the eastern, northern and western directions.

Arumugam and Thenar Mozhi Ammal are the other deities located in this temple complex.

Nageswaran Temple, is dedicated to Shiva in the guise of Nagaraja, the serpent king.

It stands as a great marvel of Chola architecture, building technology and astronomy.

A legend has it that the mythological serpents Adiseshan, Dakshan and Kaarkotakan worshipped Shiva here.

It is one of the famous Pancha-linga kshetra ( pilgrimages consisting of five Shaivite places ) Abhimukheshwarar Temple is situated in the eastern bank of the Mahamaham tank, Kumbhakonam.

Kottaiyur Kodeeswarar ( ot koteeshwarar ) Temple (ta:கொட்டையூர் கோடீஸ்வரர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, located in Kottaiyur, a village in the outskirts of Kumbakonam, in Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, India.

Koteeswarar is revered in the 7th century Tamil Shaiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the Nayanmars and classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam, the 275 temples revered in the canon.

This twelve storied 147 feet (45 m) high temple was built by the Nayak Kings during the 15th century.

This temple is situated at Solaiyappan street on the banks of the Cauvery river (Nangam Thirunal Padithurai).

This private temple is supposed to be more than 200 years old built by Achalpuram Shri.Lakshmana shrowthigal's (great scholar of Krishna Yajur Veda)son Indore Shri.Subba Rao Lakshmana Dravid.

In this temple deities are Sri Rama, Shiva (Sankara) in the form of Bhana lingam and Parvathi (Bhavani) are in separate sannithis.

This ramar (called Solaiappan Agraharam Ramaswamy) is one of the twelve deities in the Akshya trithi celebrations in Kumbakonam.

Subba Rao (II) Dravid alias Subramanya Iyer & Late Saraswathi Ammal family.

Hanuman in this temple has a knife, gatha, bow & arrow at the back and japamala in his hand doing Ramajapam.

Rama with jadamudi and knife(valkaram)at hip and marauri (dress) and kothdhandam in his hand.

Every year sabha celebrates Sri Rama Navami Utasavam and Sri Radha Kalyana Mahotsavam and committed to its various cultural and religious needs of the Hindu society with the grace of Lord Rama.

An important rite of this temple is that of Rahu bhagawan sannathi where milk abhishekham is performed daily during Rahukaalam.

At this time, milk that is poured on the statue is supposed to turn blue when it passes over the body, and back to white after it reaches the floor.

Sri Thenupureeswarar temple at Patteeswaram, 5 km south-east of Kumbakonam, was constructed during the 16th century by Govinda Dikshithar, a Minister of Nayak King Achuthappa.

The area surrounding Kumbakonam is home to a set of Navagraha temples dating from the Chola period.

This is the place where the Murugan in childhood taught the meaning of mandra "OM" to his father Shiva.

This siva temple is famous for vinayakar sculpture which has been carved from white foam while churning the milky sea.

So the name of the god in Tamil is "Vellai pillayar" meaning that "White vinayakar".