Kasi Viswanathar Temple

E277704
Dravidian architecture temple Hindu temple Shiva temple

Kasi Viswanathar Temple is a historic Hindu temple in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, dedicated to Lord Shiva and renowned for its Dravidian architecture and religious significance.

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Label Occurrences
Kasi Viswanathar Temple canonical 2
Kasi Viswanathar Kovil 1
Kasi Viswanathaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian architecture temple ⓘ
Hindu temple ⓘ
Shiva temple ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kasi Viswanathar Temple ⓘ
surface form: Kasi Viswanathar Kovil

Kasi Viswanathar Temple ⓘ
surface form: Kasi Viswanathaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam
architectureStyle Dravidian temple architecture ⓘ
surface form: Dravidian architecture
associatedWith Mahamaham festival ⓘ
surface form: Kumbakonam Mahamaham festival
consortDeity Visalakshi ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalSignificance important Shaivite pilgrimage centre in Kumbakonam ⓘ
dedicatedTo Shiva ⓘ
deityType lingam ⓘ
district Thanjavur district ⓘ
festival Maha Shivaratri ⓘ
surface form: Mahashivaratri

Navaratri ⓘ
Pradosham ⓘ
hasFeature gopuram ⓘ
mandapa ⓘ
prakaram ⓘ
vimana ⓘ
hasRitual abhishekham ⓘ
daily puja ⓘ
deeparadhana ⓘ
hasSacredTank temple tank ⓘ
hasShrine Kasi Viswanathar ⓘ
Murugan ⓘ
Navagrahas ⓘ
Vinayaka ⓘ
Visalakshi ⓘ
heritageType historic religious site ⓘ
isActiveTemple true ⓘ
isHistoric true ⓘ
languageOfName Tamil ⓘ
locatedIn India ⓘ
Kumbakonam ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
Thanjavur district ⓘ
namedAfter Kashi Vishwanath Temple ⓘ
surface form: Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi
openForWorship true ⓘ
pilgrimageType local pilgrimage centre ⓘ
primaryDeity Kasi Viswanathar ⓘ
Shiva ⓘ
region Kaveri River Delta ⓘ
surface form: Cauvery delta
religion Hinduism ⓘ
state Tamil Nadu ⓘ
worshipTradition Shaivism ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kumbakonam, Madras Presidency, British India → hasLandmark → Kasi Viswanathar Temple ⓘ
Kumbakonam → hasTemple → Kasi Viswanathar Temple ⓘ
Kasi Viswanathar Temple → alsoKnownAs → Kasi Viswanathar Temple ⓘ
subject surface form: Kasi Viswanathar Temple, Kumbakonam
this entity surface form: Kasi Viswanathar Kovil
Kasi Viswanathar Temple → alsoKnownAs → Kasi Viswanathar Temple ⓘ
subject surface form: Kasi Viswanathar Temple, Kumbakonam
this entity surface form: Kasi Viswanathaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam