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Kumbakonam 4 - Thiruvidaimarudhur & Thiribuvanam

 As suggested by the staff at the hotel where we stayed, we went to two more temple in the evening of the second day in Kumbakonam

Thiruvidaimarudhur

This is a small town in Kumbakonam housing the Mahalingeswarar Temple. Lod Mahalingeswaraswamy was having his pooja and abhishegam at that time. We had to wait for 30 mins to get this darshan which was worth all the wait. We saw all the arti's. Next to this is a separate temple for the Lords's consort. Goddess Pirguchuntarakujambigai gave us an immediate darshan. From there we tried to get back to the Mahalingeswarar temple but were told to go out through the Pirguchuntarakujambigai temple only after seeing Goddess Moogambigai at its exit as this is a Brammahathi dosham removing temple. So we walked back and then left Thiruvidaimarudhur too. Both the temples were huge ones.


Thirubuvanam


This is another small town in Kumbakonam just around 2 kms from the above place. By the time we reached the Kampahareshwara temple, the sun was down. Temple was sparsely crowded. We are told, Lord Sarabeswarar is famous here and hence on Sundays the temple is flanged by his devotees. Lord  Kampahareshwara in the form of lingam could be easily prayed to but you need to keep walking through 4-5 levels to reach his sanctum. The priest told us that this lord takes care of our nervous problems when worshipped. Another temple from the Chola period, this is also built on a huge premises and lot of sculptures. Very similar to other temples - the Lords's consort is in a separate temple here too. Goddess Dharma Samvardhini gave her darshanam in all glory in a green red bordered silk saree. This is due to the fact that Thiribuvanam is famous for silk.


From here we headed back to the hotel by 6:30pm as it got dark and navigating around became difficult.

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Location: Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India

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