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Eraharam
Eraharam is a village in Kumbakonam taluk, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu. It is locally known as Eragaram. It has an old Murugan temple known as Kandhanathaswamy thirukovil. The residents' main occupations are agriculture and fishing. The water resources are ground water, tap water, canal water and water from Chakara Pond. There is a bus stop, but few road connections to the village. The population of the village shrank from 1930 (2001 census) to 1222 in the 2011 census. In the 2001 census, Eraharam had 924 males and 1006 females. The sex ratio was 1089 and the literacy rate, 70.16. In this village there are many temples too. Some of them are: * Unnathapureshwarar kovil *Kandhanathaswamy thirukovil Temples There are many temples in this village, the murugan temple in this village is the adhi temple for swami malai murugan temple Kandhanathaswamy thirukovil Kandhanathaswamy temple, also known as Adhi Swaminathaswamy Thirukovil, is a temple is located in the village of Erahar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kandhanathaswamy Thirukovil
Kandhanathaswamy temple, also known as Adhi Swaminathaswamy Thirukovil, is a temple is located in the village of Eraharam near Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu. This temple is a Sivan temple although it has Murugan as the primary deity. This temple is older than the Swaminatha Swamy Temple. Location This place is located in Eraharam. This temple can be reached by the roads from Thiruppurambiyam and from Kumbakonam. This temple has river Palar a tributary of river Kaveri running backside of the temple and has a temple pond at its side. Even parking facility is available Naming Rishis were often being attacked by the demons. So the Rishis went to Lord Shiva asking help. Lord shiva told murugan to help them and also gave murugan a weapon and said murugan to hold that place . That weapon had fallen in this particular place in earth which gave rise to the name Eraharam Specality This place exists since before 9th century as this place has been sung by Nakkiranar, Kachiayappar siva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |