Abimukeswarar Temple is a

Hindu temple A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Kovil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to Hindu deities, deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers. It is considered the house of the god to who ...

dedicated to

Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...

located 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 hea ...

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 (Tanjore) . The district is located in the delta of the Cauv ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. 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 Indi ...

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. The temple is one of 12 Shiva temples connected with the

Mahamaham ''Mahamaham'', also known as ''Mahamagham'' or ''Mamangam'', is a Hindu festival celebrated every 12 years in the Mahamaham tank, Kumbakonam, Mahamaham tank located in the city of Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu in the South India, south of India. Thi ...

festival, which takes place in Kumbakonam every 12 years.Mahamaham Festival 2004 (in Tamil), Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Administration Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, 2004

Location

This temple is located on the eastern bank of the

Mahamaham tank Mahamaham tank is a huge temple tank located in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India. 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 once-in-1 ...

, Kumbakonam. The temple is 500–1000 years old.

Presiding deity

The

moolavar Mulavar () or Mula-murti is a Sanskrit-Tamil term referring to the main deity, or a murti (cult image) in a Hindu temple. Location The central deity, ''mulavar'', is located near the centre of temples, than the images that surround them, and are ...

presiding deity, is found in his manifestation as Abimukeswarar. Shiva turned around, while nava kanniyar river goddess came there, enabling them to give darshan to them, so he is known as Abimukeswarar. His consort,

Parvati Parvati (, , IPA: /Sanskrit phonology, pɑɾʋət̪iː/), also known as Uma (, , IPA: Sanskrit phonology, /ʊmɑː/) and Gauri (, , IPA: /Sanskrit phonology, gə͡ʊɾiː/), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism, revered as the Devi, ...

, is known as Amirthavalli. The sacred tree of this temple is Gooseberry.Dinamalar Temples, Sri Abhi Mukheswarar temple
/ref> Sani Bhagwan of this temple is taller than the other 8 planets in the Navagraga shrine.

Mahamaham festival

12 Shiva temples are connected with

festival which happens once in 12 years in Kumbakonam. They are: * Kasi Visanathar Temple, *

Adi Kumbeswarar Temple Adi Kumbeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, located in the town of Kumbakonam in Thanjavur District Tamil Nadu, India. Shiva is worshiped as Adi Kumbeswarar, and is represented by the ''lingam''. His consort Parvati ...

, *

Someswarar Temple Someswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India. Shiva is worshipped as Someswarar and is represented by the ''lingam''. His consort Parvati is depicted as Somasundari. The presiding de ...

, *

Nageswaraswamy Temple Nageswaraswamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is revered in the 7th-century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the ''Tevaram'', written by Tamil poet sain ...

, * Kalahasteeswarar Temple, * Gowthameswarar Temple, *

Kodeeswarar Temple Kodeeswarar Temple ( கொட்டையூர் கோடீஸ்வரர் கோயில்) :ta:கொட்டையூர் கோடீஸ்வரர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, located in Ko ...

, *

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

, *

Banapuriswarar Temple Banapuriswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located in the town of Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu, India. It is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. According to Hindu mythology, the site was the place from where Shiva took his aim at a pot of ''amrita'' with ...

, *Abimukeswarar Temple, *

Kambatta Viswanathar Temple Kambatta Viswanathar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located at Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. Presiding deity The moolavar presiding deity, is found in his manifestation as Visveswar. His consort, Parvati, is ...

and * Ekambareswarar Temple. This temple is one among them.

Mahasamprokshanam

The Mahasamprokshanam (also known as Kumbabishegam) of the temple was held on 26 October 2015.

Mahasamprokshanam, 26 October 2015

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