Kumbakonam (Taluk)
| Taluk Kumbakonam கும்பகோணம் வட்டம் |
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District : | Thanjavur |
| Main town : | Kumbakonam |
| Residents : | 436,592 (2011) |
The Taluk Kumbakonam ( Tamil : கும்பகோணம் வட்டம் ) is a Taluk (sub-district) of the Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu . The main town is the eponymous city of Kumbakonam . The Taluk Kumbakonam has around 440,000 inhabitants.
geography
The Taluk Kumbakonam is located in the Kaveri Delta in the east of the Thanjavur district. The area of the Taluk is bounded in the north by the Kollidam , the northernmost estuary of the Kaveri River, and is traversed by several estuary branches of the Kaveri flowing in a west-east direction. From north to south these are the Manniyar , the Palavar , the Kaveri Main Arm, the Arasalar , the Nattar , the Keerthiman , the Tirumalarajanar and the Mudikondan . In the south, the Kudamurutti forms the border of the Taluk .
The Taluk Kumbakonam borders in the northeast on the Taluk Thiruvidaimarudur (district Thanjavur), in the east on the Taluk Kuthalam ( district Nagapattinam ), in the southeast on the Taluk Kodavasal , in the southwest on the Taluk Valangaiman (both districts Tiruvarur ), in the west on the Taluk Papanasam (Thanjavur district) and in the north to the Taluk Udayarpalayam ( Ariyalur district ).
population
According to the 2011 census, the Taluk Kumbakonam has 436,592 inhabitants. 51 percent of the population lives in cities, 49 percent in rural areas. 87 percent of the residents of Taluk Kumbakonam are Hindus , 8 percent are Muslims and 5 percent are Christians . As in the whole of Tamil Nadu, the main language is Tamil , which according to the 2001 census is spoken by 96 percent of the population as their mother tongue.
Cities and villages
The following places belong to the Taluk Kumbakonam (in brackets the population figures according to the 2011 census):
Cities:
- Annalagraharam (11,129)
- Cholapuram (6,803)
- Dharasuram (15,326)
- Kumbakonam (140,156)
- Natchiarkoil (7,505)
- Perumandi (8,620)
- Swamimalai (7,289)
- Thirunageswaram (15,082)
- Ullur (11,673)
Villages:
Attractions
The Kaveri Delta, to which the Taluk Kumbakonam belongs, is a region rich in cultural history with numerous important Hindu sites. The main town Kumbakonam is an important temple city. The Mahamaham festival takes place here every twelve years and attracts millions of pilgrims. But there are also numerous old Hindu temples in the villages in the vicinity of Kumbakonam. 19 of the 274 holy places of Tamil Shaivism ( Padal Petra Sthalams ) are in the Taluk Kumbakonam. These are three temples in Kumbakonam City (the Adi-Kumbeswarar Temple , the Nageswaraswamy Temple and the Kasi-Viswanathar Temple ) and the Shiva temple of Kottaiyur , Innambur , Thiruppurambiyam , Thirusakthimutram , Patteeswaram , Palaiyarai , Thiruvalanjuli , Thirunageswaram , Thiruppandurai , Thirunariyur , Alagaputhur , Sivapuram , Sakkottai , Marudanallur , Thirucherai and Nalur Mayanam . Of the 108 shrines of Tamil Vishnuism ( Divya Desams ), six are in the Taluk Kumbakonam. These are the Sarangapani Temple in Kumbakonam City and the Vishnu Temples of Thirupullabhoothangudi , Thirunageeswaram, Natchiyarkoil , Tirucherai and Nathan Kovil .
The Shiva temple of Thirunageswaram also houses a side shrine for Rahu , the personification of the descending lunar node , and thus belongs to the Navagraha temples , a group of nine temples that are dedicated to the Hindu planetary deities . Finally, one of the six pilgrimage sites of the popular god Murugan ( Arupadaiveedu ) is located in Swamimalai .
From an architectural point of view, the Airavateshvara Temple of Dharasuram should be highlighted. Built in the 12th century, it is one of the most important examples of the architecture of the Chola era. Together with the Brihadishvara Temple of Thanjavur and the Brihadishvara Temple of Gangaikonda Cholapuram , it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (see Great Temples of the Chola Dynasty ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Census of India 2011: Primary Census Abstract Data Tables: Thanjavur.
- ^ Census of India 2011: C-1 Population By Religious Community. Tamil Nadu.
- ↑ Census of India 2001: C-15: Population by Mother Tongue (Tamil Nadu), accessed under Tabulations Plan of Census Year - 2001 .
- ↑ "Alphabetical list of the taluks containing Tevaram sites" ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in VM Subramanya Aiyar, Jean-Luc Chevillard, SAS Sarma: Digital Tēvāram. Kaṇiṉit Tēvāram, Indologie Collection n ° 103, Institut Français de Pondichéry / École française d'Extrême-Orient, 2007. ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
