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Ramaswamy temple, Kumbakonam
Locality/village : Bairagi Thoppu
State : Tamil Nadu
Country : India
Nearest City/Town : Kumbakonam
Best Season To Visit : All
Languages : Tamil, Hindi & English
Temple Timings : 6.00 AM and 9.00 PM.
Photography : Not Allowed
Ramaswamy temple, Kumbakonam
In Ramaswamy temple, Kumbakonam, Lord Rama has been consecrated in His coronation robes. Both Sri Rama and Sita are seated on the same peeta and Hanuman is depicted as singing in praise of the Lord with the help of a veena.
This temple, known as the southern Ayodhya, has beautiful idols of Rama and Seethadepicted in coronation posture. Lakshmana stands next to Rama, holding a bow and arrows; they are flanked by Bharatha holding an Umbrella and Shatrughna holding a fan. This is the only temple where we can see idols of Rama, Seetha and Lakshmana along with Bharatha and Shatrughna.
Ramaswamy temple, Kumbakonam
Achutha Nayaka of Thanjavur constructed the Ramaswamy temple during 16 th century. Maha Mandapam are enriched with intricate stone carving works of Rama-Katha.Vamana Avatharam, Meenakshi Kalyanam , Sukreeva Pattabisegam are some of the famous carving works of this temple.The outer Prahara consists of all 219 wall paintings , which explains the series of incidents from the great Epic “Ramayanam”.Alwar Sannathi , Sreenivasa Sannathi , and Gopalan Sannathi are the other temples located within the temple complex.
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.
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.
6 am – 12 pm, 4 pm- 9 pm
Sri Rama Navami is celebrated in the temple with special pujas in March-April – Panguni Tamil month. On the Masi Maga day in February-March, Lord Sri Rama and Mother Sita visit the Maga Magam Temple Tank for a bath and offer Theertha Prasad to devotees.
There are many temples in India for Lord Sri Rama. There is a temple for Sri Bharatha in Iringnalakuda in Kerala state. But all Rama Brothers appear together only Ayodhya temple in U.P., Ayodhyapattanam in Salem district and in Kumbakonam. Lords Vinayaka, Bhoovarahaswami are in the wall around the sanctum sanctorum. There is also a shrine for Lord Perumal with Mothers Sridevi and Bhoodevi. Ramayana scenes are drawn in herbal colours. School Children are taken to this temple for learning the Ramayana story. The temple was built 400 years ago by king Ragunatha Naicker.
