Panchanadeeswarar Kurumbalur

Saivite Temples, Perambalur District

God

Panchanadeeswarar, facing east

Goddess

Dharmasamvardhini, facing south

Other Deities

Nrityaganapati, Dakshinamurthy, Lingotbavar, Brahma, Durga, Chandikeswara, Siddhi Vinayakar, Kasi Viswanathar, Visalakshi, Shanmuga Subramanian, Navagraha, 63 Nayanmars

Panchanadeeswarar Kurumbalur is a large temple with a 5 tier Rajagopuram at the east. A large temple tank is seen a little distance to the east.

Holy Water (Theertham) – No information

Sacred Tree (Sthala Vriksham) – No information

History

Panchanadeeswarar Kurumbalur was built in 10th century CE by Veeratarajan as per stone inscriptions found here.

Legend

King Veeratarajan who ruled here was a frequent visitor to the Thiruvaiyaru temple. When floods prevented him from going there Vyagiryadhar, a Sidhdhar, who is said to have lived as a leopard (Kurumpuli) here is said to have instructed King Veeratarajan to build this temple – Panchanadeeswarar Kurumbalur. Hence the name of the place is also Kurumpuliyur, later corrupted to Kurumbalur. Arjuna is believed to have performed pooja here.

Directions

Panchanadeeswarar Kurumbalur is about 7 kilometers west of Perambalur on the Thuraiyur road.

Stay and Food

None locally. Closest is Permbalur or Thuraiyur.

Saivite Temples

Panchanadeeswarar, Kurumbalur