Athiyur

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Athiyur is a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu India. It is located 44 km north of the district headquarters in Thanjavur. Agriculture is the basis of the economy. Almost every job and/or occupation is in some way or another agriculturally related. ()

Coordinates: 11°2'49"N, 79°22'51"E

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Athiyur – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mahalingeswarar Temple, Kazheesirama Vinnagaram, Kottaiyur Kodeeswarar Temple, Nageswaraswamy Temple.

5.9 miSE
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Mahalingeswarar Temple
152 min walk • Mahalingeswaraswamy Temple, Thiruvidaimarudur is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Tiruvidaimaruthur, a village in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is significant to the Hindu sect of Saivism as one of the seven major Shiva temples.
5.5 miNE
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Kazheesirama Vinnagaram
140 min walk • Kazheesirama Vinnagaram or Tadalan Kovil or Tiruvikrama Perumal Temple is a temple dedicated to Vishnu located in Sirkazhi, Tamil Nadu, India. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Divya Prabandha, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Azhwar saints from the 6th–9th centuries AD.
5.7 miS
Temple
Kottaiyur Kodeeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam
147 min walk • Kottaiyur Kodeeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, located in Kottaiyur, a village in the outskirts of Kumbakonam, in Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, India. Shiva is worshipped as Koteeswarar and his consort Parvathi as Pandhadu Nayaki.
4.5 miS
Temple
Nageswaraswamy Temple, Kumbakonam
115 min walk • Nageswaraswamy Temple, Kumbakonam is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is revered in the 7th century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil poet saints known as the nayanars and classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam.
5.6 miS
Temple
Kalahasteeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam
142 min walk • Kalahasteeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located at Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.
4.5 miS
Temple
Someswaran Temple, Kumbakonam
115 min walk • Someswaran Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India. Shiva is worshipped as Someswaran, and is represented by the lingam. His consort Parvati is depicted as Somasundari.
6.4 miSW
Temple
Thenkurangaduthurai Temple
163 min walk • Abathsahayeswarar Temple, Aduthurai is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in the village of Aduthurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Shiva is worshipped as Apathsaheswarar, and is represented by the lingam. His consort Parvati is depicted as Prabhavalli.
5.4 miNE
Mosque
Muhyuddin Andavar Mosque
139 min walk • Muhyuddin Andavar Mosque is the only congregational mosque in the town of Thiruppanandal in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. It is administered according to the Sunni-Hanafi school of jurisprudence.
5.9 miSE
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Tiruvidaimarudur Conservation Reserve
152 min walk • Tiruppadaimarathur Conservation Reserve is an IUCN Category V protected bird nesting area in the 2.84 hectares compound of Siva temple in Tiruppadaimarathur village, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, South India. It was declared 14 February 2005 and is the first Conservation Reserve to be established in India.
4.5 miS
Temple
Kasi Viswanathar Temple, Kumbakonam
115 min walk • Kasi Viswanathar Temple, Kumbakonam is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India. Shiva is worshipped as Kasi Viswanathar, and is represented by the lingam. His consort Parvati is depicted as Visalakshi.

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Athiyur – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)