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In the Southern India, the sacredness of a Lord Siva Temple is judged by the glory of the Temple having been visited and eulogised by one or more of the three celeberated Saivite Saints. Thirunavukarrasar, Thirugnana Sambandar, Sundarar in their Thevaram hymns. There are 274 such Lord Siva Temples of Thevaram celebrity spread all over the land. The number of Lord Vishnu Temples celebrated in the hymns of the Alwars or as in some cases merely mentioned in them is counted as 108. These, called as " Divyadesas" spread all over the country. 69% of the Lord Siva Temples and 37% of the Lord Vishnu Temples of the land are situated within the Chola Country. In Kumbakonam town and within a radius of 20kms, 37 of Lord Siva Temples of Chola Nadu and 10 of the Lord Vishnu Divyadesas are found situated. The names of these are given below. Lord Siva Temples: Temples to the East/North East of Kumbakonam Temples to the SouthEast of Kumbakonam Temples to the Southwest of Kumbakonam Temples to the west of Kumbakonam Temples to NorthWest of Kumbakonam Temples to the Northeast of Kumbakonam Lord Vishnu Temples. Temples to the West of Kumbakonam Temples to the SouthWest of Kumbakonam Temples to the NorthWest of Kumbakonam Temples to the NorthEast of Kumbakonam 1. Adi Kumbheswarar Temple. 2. Nageswara Swami Temple. 3. Someswarar Temple. Temples to the East/North East of
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5. Thirunageswaram. 6. Thiruvidaimarudur. 7. Thirukkodika. 8. Tenkurangaduthurai. 9. Thiruneelakkudy. 10. Thirumangalakkudi. Temples to the SouthEast of Kumbakonam 11. Kalayanallur(Sakkotai). 12. Thiru Chivapuram(Sivapuram). 13. Karukkudy(Marudhanallur). 14. Arisikaraiputhur(Azhagaputhur). 15. Penu Perundurai. 16. Thirucherai. 17. Thirunallam. 18. Narayur Chitteswaram. 19. Nalur Mayanam. 20. Karuvili. 21. Kudavayil(Kudavasal). Temples to the Southwest of Kumbakonam 22. Pattesvaram. 23. Thiruchathimutham. 24. Aavur. 25. Nallur. 26. Pazhayarai Vadathali. 27. Tiru palathurai. Temples to the west of Kumbakonam 28. Kottaiyur. 29.Thiruvalanchuzhi. Temples to NorthWest of Kumbakonam 30. Innambur. 31. Thiruppurambiam. 32. VijayaMangai. 33. Tiruvaikavoor. Temples to the Northeast of Kumbakonam 34. Thirundudevankudy. 35. Thirucheynjalur. 36. Thiruvappadi. 37. Thiruppanandal. Lord Vishnu Temples. 1. Sarangapani Temple. 2. Chakrapani Temple. Temples to the SouthEast of Kumbakonam
4. Nachiar Koil. 5. Thirucherai. Temples to the West of Kumbakonam 6. Pullabhudangudi. 7. Kapisthalam. Temples to the SouthWest of Kumbakonam 8. Nandipura Vinnagram Temples to the NorthWest of Kumbakonam 9. Aadanur. Temples to the NorthEast of Kumbakonam 10. Thiruvalliankudi. Temples In Kumbakonam: Adi Kumbheswarar temple, Nageswarar temple, Someswarar temple, Adi mukiswarar temple, Gautameswarar temple, Kasi Viswanatha Temple, Kalahastieswarar temple, Bhanapuriswarar temple, Sundareswarar Temple, Kailasanathar temple, Kotiswarar temple of Lord Siva are situated in Kumbakonam Sarangapani, Chakrapani, Ramaswamy, Varaha, Varadaraja and Vedanarayanan (also known as Brahma temple) of Lord Vishnu is Situated in Kumbakonam |