Agniswarar Swami Temple

About this place

The temple of Agniswarar Swami in Kanjanoor, is located on the Northern bank of Cauvery River. It is approximately 15 kms away from the north east of city Kumbakonam. The temple is dedicated to Venus planet, and is the 6th Navagraha Sthalam amongst the 9 Navagraha Temples situated in Tamil Nadu. The presiding deities of the temple are Shiva and Parvati. Lord Shiva is idolized here as Agniswarar and Goddess Parvati are idolized as Karpagambal. People throng the temple of offer worship to Lord Sukra or the planet Venus to usher auspiciousness and to avoid the malefic planetary effects of the planet in accordance with one's birth chart. Agniswarar temple has 2 prakarams. Kalikamar and Manakanjarar are the other shrines of this temple. Visitors can see the stone images of Sivakami and Natarajar and inscriptions from the eras of Vijayanagar and Chola can also be seen in the temple. The Nataraja sabha is called Mukti mandapam and the Shiva tandavam is famous as mukti tandavam.