Kumbakonam, known as the temple city of South India is in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. The Mahamaham festival, celebrated once in 12 years, makes Kumbakonam a pilgrim hotspot, when the festival ...

The Siva temple dedicated to Kumbeshwarar or Adi Kumbeshwarar is probably the best-known one in Kumbakonam. It is one of the two hundred and seventy-five Padal Petra Sthalam or temples which have been ...

As Kumbakonam gets ready for the celebration of the next ‘Mahamaham’, between February 13 and 22, 2016 (the festival recurs once in 12 years), the Tamil Nadu government has decided to renovate 69 of ...

An overwhelming silence prevails in the inner precincts of the Nageswaran Temple, known as ‘Kudanthai Keezhkottam,’ at Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district. Sung in praise by the Saivite saints, the ...

A secular shrine that draws many visitors is the Srinivasa Ramanujan House on Sannathi Street near the Sarangapani temple. It is a museum housed in the home where the boy mathematician lived his inly ...

Over 75 lakh devotees are likely to attend the festival over 10 days. Marking the beginning of the festival, which starts on February 22, 2016, deities from all the four Shiva shrines around the ...

The tank has twenty springs representing all the holy rivers. Kumbakonam: More than 10 lakh devotees will take a holy dip at the temple tank at Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu as part of the grand finale of ...

Idol wing CID of the state police traced three metal antique idols stolen six decades ago from Soundararaja Perumal temple at Sundaraperumal Kovil village in Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district to three ...