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    Ramaswamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu located in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the prominent temples...
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    the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district. Kumbakonam is a temple town with many Hindu temples located in and around it. Majority of the temples are...
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    years in Kumbakonam. They are: Sarangapani Temple, Chakrapani Temple, Ramaswamy Temple, Rajagopalaswamy Temple, and Varahaperumal Temple. This temple, one...
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    years in Kumbakonam. They are: Sarangapani Temple, Chakrapani Temple, Ramaswamy Temple, Rajagopalaswamy Temple, and Varahaperumal Temple. This temple, one...
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    Sarangapani Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu, located in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the Divya Desams, the 108 temples of Vishnu...
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    Venkatachalapathy Perumal Temple Chakrapani Temple, Kumbakonam Sarangapani temple, Kumbakonam Ulagalantha Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane...
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    Rama (redirect from Rama Temple)
    Temple, Andhra Pradesh. Ramaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu. Kola Valvill Ramar Temple, Tiruvelliyangudi, Tamil Nadu. Veeraraghava Swamy Temple,...
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    Urmila also appears alongside Lakshmana, Rama and Sita, at the Ramaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam, through wall paintings and pillar structures. Urmila's story...
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    and Arasalar River to the south. Kumbakonam is known as a "Temple town" due to the prevalence of a number of temples here and is noted for its Mahamaham...
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    the Ramaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam. In 1620, when Govinda Dikshita, divan-administrator for the Nayaks, constructed the Ramaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam, he...
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    Varahaperumal Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Varaha (the boar avatar of the god Vishnu) at Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India....
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    Nadu, India This temple is situated at Ramaswamy Temple West Street in Kumbakonam. There are also Jain temples in Thanjavur, Mannargudi, Deepankudi and...
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    Abhimana Kshethram (category Vishnu temples)
    sacred Vishnu temples apart from the other 108 Divya desams. Abhimana desams or close abodes, these temples are the most significant temples in the Vaishnavite...
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    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...
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    outskirts of the Kumbakonam in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the...
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    Kothandaramar Temple Thirupullabhoothangudi Temple Kola Valvill Ramar Temple, Tiruvelliyangudi Vijayaraghava Perumal temple Ramaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam Ramanujacharya...
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    Potramarai tank. In Kumbakonam, this is considered very sacred, the first being the Mahamaham tank. This tank belonged to Sarangapani temple. The tank has walls...
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  • Thumbnail for Raja Veda Kavya Patasala, Kumbakonam
    gopura and granary of Palaivananathar Temple, new shrines and gopura of Kumbeswarar Temple, and Ramaswamy Temple. Established in 1542 CE, this Patasala...
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    Ramar Temple, Tiruvelliyangudi Vijayaraghava Perumal temple Ramaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam Vedic religion in Ancient Tamilakam Padmaja, T. (2002). Temples of...
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    The 2004 Kumbakonam school fire happened in a school in Kumbakonam in the Thanjavur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. On 16 July 2004, 94 students...
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    Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram and the Kampahareswarar Siva Temple at Tribhuvanam respectively, both temples being on the outskirts of Kumbakonam around 1160...
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    Ranganatha Perumal Temple or Mayuram at Indalur, Mayiladuthurai and Vatarangam at Sirkazhi. The Sarangapani temple at Kumbakonam is mentioned in place...
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    temple at Kanyakumari was established by those who survived the flood that submerged Kumari Kandam. According to cultural historian Sumathi Ramaswamy...
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    following temples. Adi Kumbeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam Amirthakadeswarar Temple, Sakkottai Avudainathar Temple, Darasuram Kabartheeswarar Temple Kottaiyur...
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  • the Mahamaga day in Kumbakonam. The temple is open daily to the devotees from 5.30 am to 12 noon and from 4.30 pm to 8 pm. This temple Raja Gopura is the...
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    Mahamaham (category Kumbakonam)
    11 temples are in Kumbakonam. Five Vishnu temples are connected with this festival. They are Sarangapani Temple, Chakrapani Temple, Ramaswamy Temple, Rajagopalaswamy...
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    (District Capital) and Puducherry are to the east. Kumbakonam and Thanjavur is to the south. O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu...
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    Ramaswami Iyer served the British East India Company as Tehsildar of Kumbakonam. His family was deeply attached to the Sringeri mutt. Chetpet Pattabhiraman...
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    the prayer. The temple is located in Chakrapalli, a village on the Thanjavur - Kumbakonam highway, located 27 km (17 mi) from Kumbakonam. The village is...
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    2016 Mahamaham (category Kumbakonam)
    Kaveri. Those five temples are Sarangapani Temple, Chakrapani Temple, Ramaswamy Temple, Rajagopalaswamy Temple, and Varahaperumal Temple. During Tirttavari...
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