Kumbakonam Brahma Temple is a Hindu temple located in Kumbakonam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. This temple is dedicated mainly to Vishnu, as the moolavar presiding deity, and He is known as Vedanarayanaperumal over here. His consort, Lakshmi, is known as Vedavalli.

Significance

At the right side of the sanctum sanctorum Brahma is found in a separate shrine. He is flanked by Saraswati and Gayatri. At the left, Yoganarasimha is found with Sridevi and Bhoodevi.

Kumbakonam Brahma Temple

Also, it is not the only temple dedicated to Brahma in the world, the other temple being the Brahma Temple, Pushkar, in Pushkar, in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

Kumbakonam Brahma Temple

In addition, there is a temple dedicated to Brahma (with four faces) at Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Kumbakonam Brahma Temple

Speciality

Though the presiding deity is called as Vedanarayanaperumal, this temple is generally known as Brahma Temple.

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Hindu temples in Kumbakonam

Vishnu temples