KTJMBAKOI{AM Brahma, the creator after the Prilaya Era, to continue with his work of creation wanted to have a Peetam. Lord Shiva asked him to make a pot made of "Amirhtam" and sand. The pot had a Peetam in it, with the vedas around it on four sides. A coconut was kept over the pot and gar, lands of Poonul (Sacred Thread ) and Tharpai were decorated and Brahma worshipped it. During a {lood, the pot floated and moved towards south from Kailash. Lord Shiva in the disguise of a hunter, broke the pot with an arrow and the amirtham spilled as "AMIRTHA THEERTHAM". Mixing the amirtham of the Kumbha with sand Lord Shiva emerged as LINGAM. The sacred place where he gave darshan as "KUMBESWARAN" is now called as KUMBAKONAM. Though rituals and archanas are done daily for the god, some special festivals are celebrated annually, which make the people gathered in numbers and make their minds purified. g the various festivals MAHAMAHAM s celebrated once in twelve years is o{ very mportance.
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