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<div>{{Short description|Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India}}<br />
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[[File:Erakaram kandanathasamy temple.jpg|thumb|Entrance]]<br />
'''Kanthanathaswamy Temple''', is a [[Shiva|Siva]] temple in Erakaram, near Swamimalai in [[Thanjavur]] District in [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is at a distance of 8 km from [[Kumbakonam]].<ref name="bmj"> பு.மா.ஜெயசெந்தில்நாதன், தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள், வர்த்தமானன் பதிப்பகம், சென்னை, 2009 </ref><ref name="shaivam">[https://shaivam.org/hindu-hub/temples/place/305/Yer-kandhanathaswamy-temple மூவர் தேவார வைப்புத் தலங்கள், Muvar Thevara Vaippu Thalangal, ஏர்-(ஏரகரம்) Yer-(Yerakaram), 6-51-6, 6-70-3]</ref><ref>[http://www.shivatemples.com/vt/vtlist1.php தேவார வைப்புத் தலங்கள், ஏர் (ஏரகரம்), 6-51-6, 6-70-3]</ref><br />
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==Vaippu Sthalam==<br />
It is one of the shrines of the [[Vaippu Sthalam|Vaippu Sthalams]] sung by Tamil Saivite [[Nayanars|Nayanar]] [[Appar]].{{fact|date=July 2020}}<br />
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==Presiding deity==<br />
The presiding deity is known as Kanthanathaswamy and Sankaranathar. His consort is known as Sankaranayaki.<ref name="bmj"/> <br />
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==Location==<br />
It is situated at a distance of 3 km from Yanaiyadi near Melacauvery in [[Kumbakonam]]-[[Swamimalai]].<ref name=shaivam/> <br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}} www.visittemples.com<br />
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[[Category:Hindu temples in Thanjavur district]]<br />
[[Category:Shiva temples in Thanjavur district]]<br />
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