| Temples & Legends of Tamilnadu |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
KUMBAKONAM |
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The latter stealthily pulled out one from a big bundle and tried to run away. But the vendor noticed this. He chased the boy to punish him. Needless to say, the vendor's attempt to catch the boy ended in dis appointment. The boy ran fast and disappeared into the temple of Vinayaka. Soon all the sugarcanes of the vendor lost their taste and juice. The vendor grew anxious about the unhappy incident and prayed to the Vinayaka who at last showered his grace on the poor man.From that time the Vinayaka came to be known as Karumbayiram Vinayaka (Karumbu means sugarcane and Ayiram means one thousand). Here is the Mutt of Sri Sankaracharya of Sri Kanchi. The head quarters of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham were shifted from Kanchi, first to Tanjore and later in 1743 A.D. to Kumbakonam. The famous Saivite saints Tirujnana Sambandar and Tirunavukkarasu have visitedKumbakonam and sung in praise of the Lord. Just as Kumbakonam has got so many temples of Siva and Vishnu and numerous mutts and religious institutions to inculcate Bhakti in the masses and elevate their souls and minds from all vices and wordly pursuits towards spiritual advancement, so also there are equal number of schools and colleges to give the common man the wordly education he needs. The Government College, Kumbakonam, which is over a century old and is situated right on the bank of the Kaveri, is known as the Cambridge of South India.
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