Overview

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Kumbakonam, is a town and a special grade municipality in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu in India. It is located 40 km (25 mi) from Thanjavur and 273 km (170 mi) from Chennai. Kumbakonam is known as a "temple city" due to the prevalence of a number of temples here and is noted for its Mahamaham festival which attracts people from all over the country.

Kumbakonam dates back to the Sangam period and was ruled by the Early Cholas, Pallavas, Medieval Cholas, Later Cholas, Pandyas, the Vijayanagara Empire, Madurai Nayaks, Thanjavur Nayaks and the Thanjavur Marathas. It rose to be a prominence between the 7th and 9th centuries AD, when the town served as a capital of the Medieval Cholas. The town reached the zenith of its prosperity during the British Raj as a prominent centre of European education and Hindu culture; and it acquired the cultural name, the "Cambridge of South India". In 1866, Kumbakonam was officially constituted as a municipality, which today comprises 45 wards, making it the largest municipality and second largest local civil body in Thanjavur district.

Experiences

Airavatesvara Temple

The Airavatesvarar temple is one among a cluster of eighteen medieval era large Hindu temples in the Kumbakonam area. The temple is dedicated to Shiva.

Distance: 5.00 km(s)
Airavatesvara Temple
Mahalingeswarar Temple

Mahalingeswaraswamy Temple, Thiruvidaimarudur is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Tiruvidaimaruthur, a village in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is significant to the Hindu sect of Saivism as one of the seven major Shiva temples

Distance: 9.00 km(s)
Mahalingeswarar Temple
Mahamaham Tank

Mahamaham Tank is a huge temple tank located in Kumbakonam. It is considered to be the foremost and one of the largest temple tanks in Tamil Nadu. The Masimaham festival held in the tank has 100,000 visitors and the 12 year Mahamaham festival has close to 2 million visitors.

Distance: 2.00 km(s)
Mahamaham Tank
Sarangapani Temple

Sarangapani Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu, located in Kumbakonam. It is one of the Divya Desams, the 108 temples of Vishnu revered in Nalayira Divya Prabandham by the 12 poet saints, or Alwars.

Distance: 3.00 km(s)
Sarangapani Temple