temples, the heart of sanathana dharma . . .
koranattu karuppur is a small village just outside of kumbakonam on the kumbakonam – madras highway. sits on the cauvery river bank. a very old temple worshipped by kuberan , this shiva temple is actually famous for its ‘petti kali amman”.petti means a box. it is said that around 200 years , a wooden box…
thandanthottam is a small village about 12 kilometres to the south of kumbakonam near iyyavadi and ragu sthalam thirunageswaram. sthalapuranam this is where lord shiva gave pradosha dance darshan to 33 crore devas so this place is called thiru thaandava thottam which eventually became thandanthottam. this temple was worshipped by agastya muni, indhiran, patanjali munivar…
padagavalli sametha agastheeswarar temple, thiruchchunai a beautiful temple dedicated to lord shiva, agastheeswarar temple , thiruchchunai , is about 17 kilometres north of melur on madurai tiruchirappalli highway. it is 48 kms from madhurai and the nearest bus stop is karungaalakkudi which is 3 kms away. it gets its name from a spring/pond which is…
subramanya swami temple / chennimalai murugan temple , chennimalai in the famous tamir hymn kanda-sashti kavacham praising god murugan , there appears a line ‘siragiri velavan seekkiram varuga’ meaning ‘god from siragiri mountain , please come’. siragiri is nothing but chennimalai , the birth place of the most revered murugan hymn kandha sashti kavacham ….
garbarakshambiga sametha mullaivananatha swami koil , thirukkarugavur this temple is situated on the banks of the river vettaar. can be reached from both thanjavoor and kumbakoenam . from thanjavoor and kumbakonam town buses are available . a small village situated on papanasam – chaaliyamangalam road . papanasam is on thanjavoor – kumbakonam road. everyone knows…
