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Kathiramangalam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu · 11.0700°, 79.5200°
A Durga temple at Kathiramangalam in Thanjavur district, 25 km from Kumbakonam, whose principal image of the goddess stands six feet high. The installation is ascribed to the sage Agastya and its early worship to the sage Mrikandu.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The goddess is said to travel to Kashi each night and return by morning, and to have covered the poet Kambar's house with paddy when heavy rain fell as he composed his Ramayana here.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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