Ramaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam
| Ramaswamy Temple | |
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Ramaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam | |
| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 10°57′26″N 79°22′25″E / 10.957208°N 79.373659°ECoordinates: 10°57′26″N 79°22′25″E / 10.957208°N 79.373659°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tanjore |
| Location | Kumbakonam |
| Culture | |
| Primary deity |
Ramaswamy (Vishnu ) Seetha Devi (goddess) |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | Dravidian architecture |
Ramaswamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Rama, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu located in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India.
The Legend behind the temple
The temple has beautiful architecture pieces and has been built by the Nayakkar kings. Govinda Dikshitar, the prime minister of the Nayaks, constructed the temple. He added a commercial corridor between his new temple and the older Chakrapani temple.[1]
The temple
The temple has a 3-tiered gopuram surrounded by walls. The central shrine houses the image of Rama in a seated posture with his consort Sita. The other images are of his brothers Lakshmana, Bharatha and Chatruguna in standing posture and Hanuman in worship posture. The pillars in the hall near the gopuram are sculpted with exquisite finesse depicting various episodes of the epic Ramayana. Each pillar is carved out of a single stone and the delicacy is very prominent.[2] Rama in the temple is depicted with Vyakarna Mudra, while Hanuman is depicted holding manuscripts. The other important aspects of the epic like coronation of Vibishana, coronation of Sugriva, relieving Agalya from her curse and Hanuman playing veena. The temple is atytpical of Nayak style of temples.[3]
Chitra Ramayana
On the walls of the prakaram(closed precincts of a temple), Ramayanam is depicted in pictorial format in three segments. One can read through Ramayana pictorially whilst taking 3 pradakshinams(rounds) of the sanctum.[2]
Kumbabhishekam
Sep 09 2015,ramaswamy temple has mahakumbabhisekam is taken.[4]
Transport
The temple is located right in the centre of Kumbakonam.
Speciality
Five Vishnu temples are connected with Mahamaham festival which happens once in 12 years in Kumbakonam. They are Sarangapani Temple, Chakrapani Temple, Ramaswamy Temple, Rajagopalaswamy Temple and Varahaperumal Temple. This temple, one among them, is situated in the north of Big Street. [5]
The temple on mahakumbabhisekam day (9th September 2015)
See also
References
- ↑ Diaspora of the gods: modern Hindu temples in an urban middle-class world.Joanne Punzo Waghorne
- 1 2 Illustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway (Incorporated in England): Including the Tanjore District Board, Pondicherry, Peralam-Karaikkal, Travancore State, Cochin State, Coimbatore District Board, Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur, and the Nilgiri Railways. Madras: South Indian Railway Company. 1926. pp. 57–58.
- ↑ K.V., Raman; T., Padmaja (6–8 July 1991). "Indian Epic Values: Rāmāyaṇa and Its Impact : Proceedings of the 8th International Rāmāyaạ Conference". Peeters Publishers: 87. ISBN 9789068317015. Check date values in:
|year= / |date= mismatch(help) - ↑ Kumbabishekam performed, The Hindu, 10th September 2015
- ↑ Mahamaham Festival 2004 (in Tamil), Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Administration Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, 2004
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