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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox Mandir<br />
| name = Gowthameswarar Temple<br />
| image =Gowtamesvar.jpg<br />
| alt = A Shiva located in Kumbakonam town<br />
| caption = Gowthameswarar Temple before Kumbabishegam<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| district = [[Thanjavur district|Thanjavur]]<br />
| location = [[Kumbakonam]]<br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| deity = Gowthameswarar([[Shiva]] )<br />Soundara Nayaki(goddess)<br />
| festivals= <br />
| architecture = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Gauthameswarar Temple''' is a [[Hindu temple]] dedicated to [[Shiva]] located at Kumbakonam in [[Thanjavur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<br />
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==Location==<br />
This temple is located to the eastern bank of the [[Mahamaham tank]], Kumbakonam.<ref name="kumbakonam temples">{{Cite web |url=http://kumbakonamtemples.in/gautameswarar-temple.html |title=Gauthameswarar Temple, Kumbakonam |access-date=17 September 2015 |archive-date=13 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013104537/http://kumbakonamtemples.in/gautameswarar-temple.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Presiding deity==<br />
The [[moolavar]] presiding deity, is found in his manifestation as Gauthameswarar. His consort, [[Parvati]], is known as Soundara Nayaki. The thread around the kumba fell in this place and the [[Lingam|linga]] was formed. It is said that Gowthama muni to get rid of the sin due to killing of a cow worshipped the deity of the temple.<ref name="kumbakonam temples"/><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 Visanathar Temple]],<br />
*[[Adi Kumbeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam|Adi Kumbeswarar Temple]], <br />
*[[Someswarar Temple]], <br />
*[[Nageswaraswamy Temple]], <br />
*[[Kalahasteeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam|Kalahasteeswarar Temple]], <br />
*Gowthameswarar Temple, <br />
*[[Kodeeswarar Temple]], <br />
*[[Amirthakadeswarar Temple]], <br />
*[[Banapuriswarar Temple]], <br />
*[[Abimukeswarar Temple]], <br />
*[[Kambatta Viswanathar Temple]] and <br />
*[[Ekambeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam|Ekambareswarar Temple]]. <br />
This temple is one among them.<ref>Mahamaham Festival 2004 (in Tamil), Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Administration Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, 2004</ref><br />
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==Kumbabishegam==<br />
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The [[Kumbhabhishekham|Kumbabishegam]] of the temple was held on 9 September 2015.<ref>[http://www.dinamani.com/edition_trichy/tanjore/2015/09/10/%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%81/article3020056.ece குடந்தை கௌதமேஸ்வரர் கோயில் குடமுழுக்கு, Dinamani, Tamil Daily, 10 September 2015]</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== 9.9.2015 Kumbabishegam ==<br />
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{{Hindu temples in Thanjavur District}}<br />
{{Famous Shiva temples}}<br />
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