Eraharam is a village in

Kumbakonam Kumbakonam (formerly spelt as Coombaconum or Combaconum) or Kudanthai is a city municipal corporation in the Thanjavur district in the States of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located from Thanjavur and from Chennai and is the headq ...

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Thanjavur district Thanjavur District is one of the Districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts of the States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur. The district is located in the delta of the Cauvery River ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

. It is locally known as Eragaram. It has an old

Murugan Kartikeya ( sa, कार्त्तिकेय, Kārttikeya), also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha (), and Murugan ( ta, முருகன்), is the Hindu god of war. He is the son of Parvati and Shiva, the brother of Ganesha ...

temple known as

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 olde ...

. 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 *

Temples

There are many temples in this village, the murugan temple in this village is the adhi temple for swami malai murugan temple

And there is a vinayagar temple and a sivan temple also known as Unnathapureshwarar kovil

Transportation and Routes

This village has roads which connects this village to the neighbouring city Kumbakonam, and the villages of Innambur and thirupurambiyam. Buses also are available to this village. The nearest railway station is kumbakonam railway station and the nearest airport is Trichy International Airport.

References

* {{coord missing, Tamil Nadu Villages in Thanjavur district