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| name = Ekambeswarar Temple<br />
| image =Ekambareswarar temple.JPG| <br />
| alt = A Shiva located in Kumbakonam town<br />
| caption = Ekambeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| district = [[Thanjavur]]<br />
| location = [[Kumbakonam]]<br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| deity = Ekambeswarar.([[Shiva]] )<br />Kamatchiamman (goddess)<br />
| festivals= <br />
| architecture = <br />
}}<br />
'''Ekambeswarar Temple''' is a [[Hindu temple]] dedicated to Lord [[Shiva]] located at Kumbakonam in [[Thanjavur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref name="hrace">Mahamaham Festival 2004 (in Tamil), Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Administration Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, 2004</ref><br />
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==Presiding deity==<br />
The [[moolavar]] presiding deity, is found in his manifestation as Ekambeswarar. His consort, [[Parvati]], is known as Kamatchiamman.<ref name="hrace"/><br />
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== Specialty ==<br />
12 Shiva temples are connected with [[Mahamaham]] festival which happens once in 12 years in Kumbakonam. They are :<br />
*[[Kasi Viswanathar Temple, Kumbakonam|Kasi Viswanathar Temple]], <br />
*[[Adi Kumbeswarar Temple|Kumbeswarar Temple]], <br />
*[[Someswaran Temple|Someswarar Temple]], <br />
*[[Nageswaraswamy Temple, Kumbakonam|Nageswara Temple]], <br />
*[[Kalahasteeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam|Kalahasteeswarar Temple]], <br />
*[[Gauthameswarar Temple, Kumbakonam|Gowthameswarar Temple]], <br />
*[[Kottaiyur Kodeeswarar temple]] <br />
*[[Amirthakadeswarar Temple, Sakkottai|Amirthakalasanathar Temple]], <br />
*[[Banapuriswarar Temple]], <br />
*[[Abimukeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam]], <br />
*[[Kambatta Viswanathar Temple, Kumbakonam|Kambatta Visvanathar Temple]] and <br />
*Ekambareswarar Temple. <br />
This temple is one among them.<ref name="hrace"/><br />
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==Kali Amman==<br />
There is a separate shrine for Kali Amman.<ref name="hrace"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Hindu temples of Kumbakonam]]<br />
* [[Mahamaham]]<br />
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==Kumbabishegam==<br />
The [[Kumbhabhishekham|Kumbabishegam]] of the temple was held on 22 October 2015.<ref>[http://www.dinamani.com/edition_trichy/tanjore/2015/10/23/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%C2%A0-%E0%AE%8F%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B8/article3093169.ece கும்பகோணத்தில் ஏகாம்பரேஸ்வரர், அமிர்தகலசநாதர் கோயில்களில் குடமுழுக்கு விழா, Dinamani, Tamil Daily, 23 October 2015]</ref><br />
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== Kumbabishegam 22 October 2015 ==<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
{{Hindu temples in Thanjavur District}}<br />
{{Famous Shiva temples}}<br />
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