Ekambeswarar 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 Lord

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 at Kumbakonam in

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 ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

.Mahamaham Festival 2004 (in Tamil), Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Administration Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, 2004

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 Ekambeswarar. 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 Kamatchiamman.

Specialty

12 Shiva temples are connected with

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 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, * Amirthakadeswarar Temple, * Banapuriswarar Temple, *

Abimukeswarar Temple Abimukeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is one of 12 Shiva temples connected with the Mahamaham festival, which takes place in Kumbakonam every 12 yea ...

, * Kambatta Viswanathar Temple and *Ekambareswarar Temple. This temple is one among them.

Kali Amman

There is a separate shrine for Kali Amman.

Kumbabishegam

The Kumbabishegam of the temple was held on 22 October 2015.கும்பகோணத்தில் ஏகாம்பரேஸ்வரர், அமிர்தகலசநாதர் கோயில்களில் குடமுழுக்கு விழா, Dinamani, Tamil Daily, 23 October 2015
/ref>

Kumbabishegam 22 October 2015

File: Ekambareswsarar5.jpg, File: Ekambareswsarar2.jpg, File: Ekambareswsarar3.jpg, File: Ekambareswsarar6.jpg, File: Ekambareswsarar7.jpg, File: Ekambareswsarar8.jpg, File: Ekambareswsarar1.jpg,

References

External links

Hindu temples in Kumbakonam Shiva temples in Thanjavur district {{TamilNadu-hindu-temple-stub