Kailasanathar Temple is a Shiva located at Melakaveri near

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 ...

, in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Location

This temple is found on East Street at Melakaveri.

Structure

Next to the entrance nandhi and balipeeda is found. Just before the sanctum sanctorum Vinayaka and Subramania are found. The presiding deity is known as Kailasanathar. Kosta, Dakshinamurti, Lingodbhava and Durga are found. In the left of the shrine of the presiding deity the shrine of goddess Karpagambal is found. In the prakara Gnanasambandar, Chokkiyar, Chandra, Bhairava, Sanisvara,

Surya Surya (; sa, सूर्य, ) is the sun as well as the solar deity in Hinduism. He is traditionally one of the major five deities in the Smarta tradition, all of whom are considered as equivalent deities in the Panchayatana puja and a m ...

and shrines of Vinayaka, Subramania with Valli and Deivanai, Sundaresvarar, Meenakshi, Chandikeswarar and Navagrahas are found.

Kumbakonam Sapta Stana Temple

This is one of the

Saptha Stana Temples Saptha Stana Temples are a group of seven temples. In Tamil Nadu, India, such groups of temples are found in many places, particularly in and around Thanjavur District. Saptha Stana Saptha + Stana means seven sacred places. The temples found in ...

of Kumbakonam. During the Mahahaman of 2016 the palanquin festival was held on 7 February 2016. Following the tirttavari held at Mahamaham tank on 21 April 2016, the palanquin festival of the Sapta Stana Temples were held on 23 April 2016. The festival which started from Kumbesvara Temple at the 7.30 p.m. of 23 April 2016 completed on the morning of 25 April 2016 after going to the following temples. * Adi Kumbeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam *

Amirthakadeswarar Temple, Sakkottai Amirthakadeswarar Temple (அமிர்தகடேஸ்வரர் கோயில், சாக்கோட்டை) :ta:சாக்கோட்டை அமிர்தகலேசுவரர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple ded ...

Avudainathar Temple, Darasuram Avudainathar Tempe is a Shiva Temple in Darasuram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. மூலவர் ஆத்மநாதர் இலிங்க வடிவில் காட்சி தருகிறார். Location The templ ...

Kabartheeswarar Temple Kapardeeswarar temple (also called Swetha Vinayagar Temple, Vellai Vinayagar temple, Valanchuzinathar temple) is a Hindu temple situated in the village of Thiruvalanchuzhi (also spelt as Thiruvalanjuli) near Swamimalai in Kumbakonam taluk of T ...

* Kottaiyur Kodeeswarar Temple * Kailasanathar Temple, Melakaveri * Swaminatha Swamy Temple

Kumbhabhishekham

The Kumbhabhishekham of this temple was held on 21 March 2005 and 2 November 2015.குடந்தை சோமேஸ்வரர், கைலாசநாதர் கோயில்களில் குடமுழுக்கு விழா, தினமணி, நவம்பர் 3, 2015
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References

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