Sodasa Linga Mandapas are Hindu temples dedicated to the deity Shiva, the mandapas or temples found around the Mahamaham tank in Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Sodasa Sodasa refers to sixteen.RaftaarWisdom Library

16 mandapas

These 16 mandapas are devoted to Brammatheerthesvarar, Mukundesvarar, Dhanesvarar, Virushabesvarar, Baanesvarar, Konesvarar, Bhakthikesvarar, Bhairavesvarar, Agasthisvarar, Vyasakesvarar, Umabakevarar, Nirutheesvarar, Brammesvarar, Gangathesvarar, Mukthatheerthesvarar, and Shethrabalesvarar.Sri Adhi Kumbeswaraswamy Temple at Kudanthai KudamukkuTemple Town of Kumbakonamமகாமகம் : குடந்தைக் கோயில்களில் திருப்பணி தொடக்கம், தினமணி, 12.2.2015 They were represented by the lingam. Govinda Dikshitar, the chieftain of Ragunatha Nayak of Thanjavur, constructed the sixteen mandapams and stone steps around this tank.V. 1995, p.120

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.குடவாயில் பாலசுப்பிரமணியன், சோழ மண்டலத்து வரலாற்று நாயகர்களின் சிற்பங்களும் ஓவியங்களும், தமிழ்ப்பல்கலைக்கழகம், தஞ்சாவூர், 1987, முதல் பதிப்பு, ப.260

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.இராசு.பவுன்துரை, கும்பகோணம் மகாமகத்திருவிழா, தமிழ் மரபு மையம், தஞ்சாவூர், 1991 These mandapas are under the administration of Kasi Visvanathar Temple.மகாமகமும் குடந்தை திருக்கோயில்களும், மகாமகம் 2016 சிறப்பு வெளியீட, இந்து சமய அறநிலையத்துறை, சென்னை, 2016 Temples Mandapas Southwest Northeast East West East West East West South North Northeast Southwest East West East West Southeast Northwest South North South North South North Southwest Northeast East West East West East West

Kumbhabhishekham These mandapas are also called as Sodasa (16) Mahalingas. Kumbhabhishekham to these mandapas were held on 29 November 2015.

See also Mamankam festival

References

External links Kasi Viswanathar Temple 2016 Mahamaham Mahamaham 2016 Mahamaham 2016 Celebrations Mahamaham festival

Sodasa mandapas