SREE NAGESWARAR TEMPLE, KUMBAKONAM
The temple is centrally located and very near to the Bazaar street and and is just 2 kms away from the Bus stop. From here, very good connectivity is there to all places of Kumbakonam by bus and the bus stop is just 5 minutes walk from the temple. The temple is also known Kumbakonam Keezhakottam.
Adi Sesha who was bearing the earth found it difficult with the increase in sins of wicked people on earth. He prayed to Kailasapathy to give him more energy to carry on bearing the earth. The lord blessed him to do that with a single head (Adisesha has 1000 heads). He came to Kumbakonam and where the vilva leave dropped from nectar pot, he installed and worshipped this deity. Apart from Adi Sesha, Dakshan and Karkotakan worshipped here and King Nala too worshipped here apart from Thirunallar. Raghukala Pooja here is thronged by devotees.
Saint Paa. Ramalingam, popularly known as Sri Padagcheri Swamigal was born on 9th May 1876 to Sree Kandasamy and Smt Arthanari in Manjampalayam Village, Pollachi taluk, Coimbatore district. The couple had migrated from Andhra and belong to Saiva Jangamar community and their mother tongue is Telugu. Ramalingam lost his parents at an very early age.His guru was Eridhadha Swamigal of Bellary district of Karnataka and the significance of him was placed on record by none other than the Jagadhguru Sree Chandrasekara Saraswathi of Kanchi mutt.
The temple is centrally located and very near to the Bazaar street and and is just 2 kms away from the Bus stop. From here, very good connectivity is there to all places of Kumbakonam by bus and the bus stop is just 5 minutes walk from the temple. The temple is also known Kumbakonam Keezhakottam.
The legend of the temple connects the story of Pralaya and the Nector pot-Kumba and also Adi Sesha. As Krathamurthy, Lord Siva broke the Nectar pot with an arrow so that the contents can spill all over for the benefit of humanity during Pralaya. Vilva leaves fell at this spot of the Nageswarar temple. Adi Sesha installed a linga here and worshipped and hence the name Nageswarar.
Adi Sesha who was bearing the earth found it difficult with the increase in sins of wicked people on earth. He prayed to Kailasapathy to give him more energy to carry on bearing the earth. The lord blessed him to do that with a single head (Adisesha has 1000 heads). He came to Kumbakonam and where the vilva leave dropped from nectar pot, he installed and worshipped this deity. Apart from Adi Sesha, Dakshan and Karkotakan worshipped here and King Nala too worshipped here apart from Thirunallar. Raghukala Pooja here is thronged by devotees.
The sanctum sanctorium is built like a chariot similar to the Sarangapani temple here and is of 9th centruy built by Aditya Chola. In the arthamandapam, Gangai Vinayakar blesses devotees. This vinayakar was brought by the victorious army of Rajendra cholan from Ganges expeditions.
Lord Subramanya and Pralaya Rudrar are in the outer prakara.
There were lot of bushes around the temple andd the temple was in a dilapidated condition. Even the merchants around felt the difficulties to renovate the temple. Shiva devotee by the name Padagacheri Ramalingaswamy in the year 1923 collected funds by tying a hundial around his neck and collecting small coins from everyone and renovated the temple after clearing all the bushes in stages according the funds collected. In the year 1959, the consecration of the temple was done. Again the Kumbabhishekam of the temple was done in the year 1988 and at the entrance of the temple itself there a statue of Padalacheri Ramalingswamy.
Saint Paa. Ramalingam, popularly known as Sri Padagcheri Swamigal was born on 9th May 1876 to Sree Kandasamy and Smt Arthanari in Manjampalayam Village, Pollachi taluk, Coimbatore district. The couple had migrated from Andhra and belong to Saiva Jangamar community and their mother tongue is Telugu. Ramalingam lost his parents at an very early age.His guru was Eridhadha Swamigal of Bellary district of Karnataka and the significance of him was placed on record by none other than the Jagadhguru Sree Chandrasekara Saraswathi of Kanchi mutt.
The goddess here is called Periyanayaki and the sannidhi is in the entrance of the temple itself.
Temple timings:
6 AM to 12.30 PM
4.30 PM to 9 PM
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