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{{Short description|Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
[[File:Sodasalingam series1.jpg|thumb|Mandapas of Brammatheerthesvarar and Mukundesvarar, near [[Kasi Viswanathar Temple, Kumbakonam|Kasi Visvanathar Temple]]]]
'''Sodasa Linga Mandapas''' are [[Hindu temple]]s dedicated to the deity [[Shiva]], the mandapas or temples found around the [[Mahamaham tank, Kumbakonam|Mahamaham tank]] in [[Kumbakonam]] in [[Thanjavur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India.

==Sodasa==
Sodasa refers to sixteen.<ref>[https://shabdkosh.raftaar.in/Meaning-of-%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B6-in-English Raftaar]</ref><ref>[https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shodasha Wisdom Library]</ref>

==16 mandapas==
[[File:Thulabaramandapam1.jpg|right|100x150px|thumb]]
[[File:Thulabaramandapam2.jpg|right|100x150px|thumb]]
[[File:Thulabaramandapam3.jpg|right|100x150px|thumb|Sculptures in Mukundesvarar mandapa]]
These 16 mandapas are devoted to Brammatheerthesvarar, Mukundesvarar, Dhanesvarar, Virushabesvarar, Baanesvarar, Konesvarar, Bhakthikesvarar, Bhairavesvarar, Agasthisvarar, Vyasakesvarar, Umabakevarar, Nirutheesvarar, Brammesvarar, Gangathesvarar, Mukthatheerthesvarar, and Shethrabalesvarar.<ref>[https://www.dharisanam.com/temples/sri-adhi-kumbeswaraswamy-temple-at-kudanthai-kudamukku-kumbakonam Sri Adhi Kumbeswaraswamy Temple at Kudanthai Kudamukku]</ref><ref name=temple>[https://www.mrane.com/images/Final+book.pdf Temple Town of Kumbakonam]</ref><ref>மகாமகம் : குடந்தைக் கோயில்களில் திருப்பணி தொடக்கம், தினமணி, 12.2.2015</ref> They were represented by the ''[[lingam]]''. [[Govinda Dikshitar]], the chieftain of [[Nayaks of Tanjore#Ragunatha Nayak|Ragunatha Nayak]] of [[Thanjavur]], constructed the sixteen [[mandapam]]s and stone steps around this tank.<ref name="V.">[[#V.|V. 1995]], p.120</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Hindu Pilgrimage Centres|last=Harshananda|first=Swami|ref=Harsha|edition=second|publisher=Ramakrishna Math|location=Bangalore|year=2012|isbn=81-7907-053-0|page=78}}</ref>

Of the mandapas, in the biggest one, the sculpture of offering of gold by Ragunatha Nayak is found. In other mandapas sculptures pertaining to the respective grants are found.<ref>குடவாயில் பாலசுப்பிரமணியன், சோழ மண்டலத்து வரலாற்று நாயகர்களின் சிற்பங்களும் ஓவியங்களும், தமிழ்ப்பல்கலைக்கழகம், தஞ்சாவூர், 1987, முதல் பதிப்பு, ப.260</ref>

==Directions==
Around the Mahamaham tank, these mandapas are found in all directions, except south. Of these shrines and mandapas eight are facing east-west, four are facing south-north, two are facing south-west and north-east and two are in north-east and south-west and south-east and north-east.<ref>இராசு.பவுன்துரை, கும்பகோணம் மகாமகத்திருவிழா, தமிழ் மரபு மையம், தஞ்சாவூர், 1991</ref> These mandapas are under the administration of Kasi Visvanathar Temple.<ref>மகாமகமும் குடந்தை திருக்கோயில்களும், மகாமகம் 2016 சிறப்பு வெளியீட, இந்து சமய அறநிலையத்துறை, சென்னை, 2016</ref>
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==Kumbhabhishekham==
These mandapas are also called as Sodasa (16) Mahalingas.<ref name=temple/> [[Kumbhabhishekham]] to these mandapas were held on 29 November 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/District_Detail.asp?Nid=425422&cat=504 |title=மகாமக குளக்கரையில் உள்ள 16 சோடசலிங்க கோயிலில் திருப்பணி துவக்கம், தினகரன், 12 பிப்ரவரி 2015 |access-date=28 May 2020 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304223453/http://www.dinakaran.com/District_Detail.asp?Nid=425422&cat=504 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://m.dailythanthi.com/MDTDetailpage/Detailpage?parentsectionid=5&sectionid=23&articleid=A92B417C-3775-4118-8530-B3D5DA28FEE6 |title=சோடச மகாலிங்கசாமி கோவில் கும்பாபிஷேகத்தை முன்னிட்டு பந்தக்கால் முகூர்த்தம், தினத்தந்தி, 19 நவம்பர் 2015 |access-date=28 May 2020 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010415/http://m.dailythanthi.com/MDTDetailpage/Detailpage?parentsectionid=5&sectionid=23&articleid=A92B417C-3775-4118-8530-B3D5DA28FEE6 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/News_Detail.asp?Nid=181451 |title=நாகேஸ்வரர் சோடசலிங்கங்கள் உள்பட 6 கோயில்களில் கும்பாபிஷேகம், கும்பகோணம் விழா கோலாகலம், தினகரன், 30 நவம்பர் 2015 |access-date=28 May 2020 |archive-date=3 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303172515/http://www.dinakaran.com/News_Detail.asp?Nid=181451 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Mamankam festival]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [[Kasi Viswanathar Temple, Kumbakonam|Kasi Viswanathar Temple]]
* [[2016 Mahamaham]]
* [http://www.onlinethanjavur.com/mahamaham/ Mahamaham 2016]
*[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/a-collection-of-pictures-on-mahamaham-2016/article8264207.ece/photo/1/ Mahamaham 2016 Celebrations]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060615200842/http://www.kumbakonam.tn.gov.in/AboutFestival.htm Mahamaham festival]

==Sodasa mandapas==
<gallery class="center">
File: 1brahmatheertheswarar.jpg|Brammatheerthesvarar mandapa
File: 2mukundeswarar.jpg|Mukundesvarar mandapa
File: 3dhaneswarar.jpg|Dhanesvarar mandapa
File: 4idabeswarar.jpg|Virushabesvarar mandapa
File: 5baneswarar.jpg|Baanesvarar mandapa
File: 6koneswarar.jpg|Konesvarar mandapa
File: 7bakthikeswarar.jpg|Bhakthikesvarar mandapa
File: 8bairaveswarar.jpg|Bhairavesvarar mandapa
File: 9agasteeswarar.jpg|Agasthisvarar mandapa
File: 10viyasakeswarar.jpg|Vyasakesvarar mandapa
File: 11umabaheswarar.jpg|Umabakevarar mandapa
File: 12nirudheeswarar.jpg|Nirutheesvarar mandapa
File: 13brahmeswarar.jpg|Brammesvarar mandapa
File: 14gangadeswarar.jpg|Gangathesvarar mandapa
File: 15muktheswarar.jpg|Mukthatheerthesvarar mandapa
File: 16kshetrabaheswarar.jpg|Shethrabalesvarar mandapa
</gallery>

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[[Category:Hindu temples in Thanjavur district]]
[[Category:Shiva temples in Thanjavur district]]

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