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<p>Adding <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Short_description" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Short description">short description</a>: &quot;Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India&quot; (<a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Shortdesc_helper" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Shortdesc helper">Shortdesc helper</a>)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India}}<br /> {{other uses|Kashi Vishwanath Temple (disambiguation)}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Kasi Viswanathar Temple&#039;&#039;&#039; is a [[Hindu temple]] located at [[Umayalpuram]] in the [[Thanjavur district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The temple is dedicated to [[Shiva]].<br /> <br /> == Legend ==<br /> According to [[Hindu mythology]], when Shiva accompanied [[Murugan]] to [[Swamimalai]] in order to obtain the meaning of the Pranava Mantra from him, Shiva asked [[Uma (goddess)|Uma]] to stay back. The place where Uma was told to remain got the name Umayalpuram.<br /> <br /> The temple is also associated with a [[Gandharva]] woman named Vijaya who worshipped Shiva and obtained a &#039;&#039;darshan&#039;&#039; of him at this place.<br /> <br /> == Shrines ==<br /> The presiding deity is Shiva and the goddess is Kumkuma Sundari. There are shrines to [[Ganesha]], Murugan and [[Bhairava]].<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> * {{cite web|title=Kasi Viswanathar Temple|work=[[Dinamalar]]|url=http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=1029}}<br /> <br /> {{coord missing|Tamil Nadu}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Shiva temples in Thanjavur district]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{TamilNadu-hindu-temple-stub}}</div>

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