Places to visit nearby destination - Tanjore
Kumbakonam Kumbakonam is another important site to include in
your excursion itinerary. Located at a distance of
36 kilometres from Tanjore, Kumbakonam is famous for
its four temples namely the Saragapani, Kumbeswarar,
Nagaswara and the Ramaswamy. The place also gets mentioned
for its Mahamaham festival celebrated once in twelve
years.
Swamimalai Located at a distance of 32 kilometres from the main
Tanjore city, Swamimalai is also one of the many important
religious excursion sites. The place is famous for
Arupadaivaadu, one of the six abodes of Lord Murugan
(one of the two sons of Lord Shiva). The wonderful
brass works of Swamimalai is also famous.
Thirukandiyur Located at a distance of about 10 kilometres from
the main Tanjore, Thirukandiyur is an important religious
tourist destination. Thirukandiyur is famous for the
temples of Brahma Sri Kandeswarar and Harsha Vimochana.
A visit to the temple will also give you the idea
of the ancient form of Dravidian architecture.
Thiruvaiyaru Located 13 km from Tanjore, this is another important
place to include in your excursion itinerary. Thiruvaiyaru
is also famous for the saint Thyagaraja's annual celebrations.
Saint Thyagaraja together with Muthuswami Dikshitar
and Shyama Sastri were the maestros of Carnatic music.
Situated on the banks of the river Cauvery, this place
is also an important religious destination for the
follower of Hinduism. Thiruvaiyaru has an old Shiva
temple dedicated to Lord Panchanatheeswar.
Thiruvarur Thiruvarur is one of the important pilgrimage sites
of Tamil Nadu. Located at a distance of 55 kilometres
from Tanjore, it attracts number of religious tourists
towards its Thiyagarajaswami Temple. This temple is
the biggest chariot temple in Tamil Nadu. This place
is also revered as the birth place of Saint Thiyagaraja,
one of the musical trinity of south India.
Tirunallur Tirunallur is located at a distance of 95 kilometres
from Tanjore. The town is famous for its Shivastalam,
a Maadakkovil built at an elevation. According to
the legends, Agasthyar is said to have been blessed
with a vision of the marriage of Shiva here. Bhringi
Muni and Narasimhar are also said to have worshipped
in this place. The legend of the trial of strength
between Vayu and Adisesha where the peak of Mt. Meru
(Sundaragiri) fell at Nallur and formed a Shivalingam,
is also related to this place. Tirunallur, referred
to as Dakshina Kailasam is also famous for its Shivalingam
that is believed to manifest itself in five different
colours in a day.
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