Kandhanathaswamy temple, also known as Adhi Swaminathaswamy Thirukovil, is a temple is located in the village of
Eraharam 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
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 ...
. This temple is a Sivan temple although it has
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 ...
as the primary deity. This temple is older than the
Swaminatha Swamy Temple
Swaminatha Swamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to god Murugan. It is located in Swamimalai, 5 km from Kumbakonam, on the banks of a tributary of river Kaveri in Thanjavur District, 250 km from Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, ...
.
Location
This place is located in
Eraharam. This temple can be reached by the roads from
Thiruppurambiyam
Thirupparambiyam is a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.
Demographics
In the 2001 census, Thiruppurambiyam had a population of 5114 with 2559 males and 2555 females. The sex ratio was 998. The literacy ...
and from
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 ...
. This temple has river
Palar
Palar is a river of southern India. It rises in the Nandi Hills in Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka state, and flows in Karnataka, in Andhra Pradesh and in Tamil Nadu before reaching its confluence into the Bay of Bengal at Vayalur abo ...
a tributary of river
Kaveri
The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery, the anglicized name) is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Kaveri river rises at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri range in the Western Ghats, Kodagu dis ...
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 sivachariyar and
Arungirinathar
This place is mentioned in the books wrote by them. Also this place is mentioned in the
Kandha Shasti kavasam written by
Devaraya Swamigal
Devaraya Swamigal (born c. 1857) was a Tamil devotee of Lord Muruga. He is best known for his composition of the Tamil hymn Kanda Shasti Kavasam.
Biography
Not much is known about Devaraya Swamigal. He was born in 1857 in an affluent family in ...
Kumbhabhishekham
Kumbhabhishekham to this temple had been done on 12 September 1982 and also on 19th March 2015.
Festivals
The festivals here are in
Karthigai month and in
Panguni Uthiram
Panguni Uthiram (Tamil:பங்குனி உத்திரம்) is a South Indian Hindu festival and day of importance to Tamils. Panguni Uthiram is a famous festival and special to Murugan, Ayyappa, Shiva and Vishnu devotees. It falls ...
References
1↑பு.மா.ஜெயசெந்தில்நாதன், தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள், வர்த்தமானன் பதிப்பகம், சென்னை, 2009
2 திருக்கோயில்கள் வழிகாட்டி, தஞ்சாவூர் மாவட்டம், தமிழ்நாடு அரசு இந்து சமய அறநிலையத்துறை, 2014
External links
* Zvelebil, Kamil V. (1991). Tamil traditions on Subramanya – Murugan (1st ed.). Chennai, India: Institute of Asian Studies.
* Bhoothalingam, Mathuram (2011). S. Manjula (ed.). Temples of India – Myths and legends. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. .
* Clothey, Fred; Ramanujan, A.K. (1978). The many faces of Murukan: the history and meaning of a South Indian god. Mouton de Gruyter. .
* திருக்கோயில்கள் வழிகாட்டி, தஞ்சாவூர் மாவட்டம், தமிழ்நாடு அரசு இந்து சமய அறநிலையத்துறை, 2014
* திருக்குடந்தை அருள்மிகு ஆதிகும்பேசுவரசுவாமி திருக்கோயில் தல வரலாறு, 2004 (மகாமக ஆண்டு)
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