Kandhanathaswamy temple, also known as Adhi Swaminathaswamy Thirukovil, is a temple located in the village of Eraharam near KumbakonaminTamil Nadu. This temple is a Sivan temple although it has Murugan as the primary deity. This temple is older than the Swaminatha Swamy Temple.
This place is located in Eraharam. This temple can be reached by the roads from Thiruppurambiyam and from Kumbakonam. This temple has river Palar a tributary of river Kaveri running backside of the temple and has a temple pond at its side. Even parking facility is available
Rishis were often being attacked by the demons. So the Rishis went to Lord Shiva asking help. Lord shiva told murugan to help them and also gave murugan a weapon and said murugan to hold that place . That weapon had fallen in this particular place in earth which gave rise to the name Eraharam
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