Tirukozhambiam Kokileswarar Temple

Tirukozhambiam Kokileswarar Temple (திருக்கோழம்பியம் கோகிலேஸ்வரர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple located at Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Kokileswarar. His consort is Soundara Nayaki.

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Significance

It is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams - Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanar saints Tirunavukkarasar and Thirugnana Sambandar.

Legend

According to Hindu legend, a person named Chandan was reborn as a nightingale (kokila) due to the curse of Indra. He meditated upon Shiva and reassumed his original form here. As per another legend, when a cow passed through the place, its feet trampled on a Sivalinga, which became this place.[1]

Features

The main idol is a shivalinga. There are the footprints of a cow upon the shivalinga. The temple is under the administration of the Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam. The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the banks of River Kaveri.[1]

References
  1. Ka. Vi., Kannan (2019). River cauvery the most battl(r)ed. Notion Press. p. 36. ISBN 9781684666041.
  • Main entrance
    Main entrance
  • Balipeetam, nandi mandapam
    Balipeetam, nandi mandapam
  • Vimana of presiding deity
    Vimana of presiding deity
  • Vimana of goddess
    Vimana of goddess


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