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Kumbakonam is a small temple-town with very peaceful life. It is rich in Tamil culture. The food served in Kumbakonam is considered to be the best in Tamil Cuisine. Kumbakonam is known as "Kasi of South India." Big temples, with beautifully carved sculptures are located very near to each other. Besides Men's college, where the famous mathematician Ramanujam had studied, the Government college of Arts and Crafts is also famous for producing some of the well known artist.

The quiet town has faced some of the worst disasters, such as the stampede in Mahamaham in 1992 and tragic fire disaster in the year 2004.

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Business The town which was originally a religious town become an industrial center during last quarter of the 19th Century and early period of 20th century. Predominance was gained for Silk Industries and Metal manufacturing.The Major Suppliers of Silk Sarees to the Indian Silk Saree Market is Kumbakonam Silk Industry. All the South Indian Brass Pooja articles and utensils are manufactured in Kumbakonam and these articles are manufactured nowhere in South India other than Kumbakonam.KuthuVilakku and Statues are the famous articles. Stainless Steel utensils are manufactured.Betelnuts, Suparis are manufactured in Kumbakonam.

[edit] Demographics Historical populations Year Pop. %± 1871 44,444 — 1881 50,098 12.7% 1891 54,307 8.4% 1901 59,673 9.9% 1911 64,647 8.3% 1921 60,700 −6.1% 1931 — 1941  — 1951 92,581 — 1961  — 1971 113,130 — 1981 132,832 17.4% 1991 150,502 13.3% 2001 140,021 −7.0% As of 2001 India census,[4] Kumbakonam had a population of 140,021. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kumbakonam has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 86%, and female literacy is 70%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. The population is constituted mainly by the Hindus, Christians and Muslims.

[edit] Economy Kumbakonam is primarily a market city for surrounding smaller towns and agricultural villages. The town is surrounded by small villages of great historical importance. The agricultural region around the town is famous for its betelnuts and betel leaves. It is a market town where people from all over the Kaveri delta region (Composite Thanjavur District) come for business purposes. The town is also home to many goldsmiths and ornament makers. And the city is world famous for sculpture because of the workshop in Swamimalai.

[edit] Temples Kumbakonam is known as the City of temples as there are around thousand of temples in and around Kumbakonam.

Lord shiva temples

In Kumbakonam

1. Adi Kumbheswarar Temple. 2. Nageswara Swami Temple. 3. Someswarar Temple.

Temples to the East/North East of Kumbakonam

4. Thiruviyalur. 5. Thirunageswaram. 6. Thiruvidaimarudur. 7. Thirukkodika. 8. Tenkurangaduthurai. 9. Thiruneelakkudy. 10. Thirumangalakkudi. 11. Palaiyur.

Temples to the SouthEast of Kumbakonam 12. Kalayanallur(Sakkotai). 13. Thiru Chivapuram(Sivapuram). 14. Karukkudy(Marudhanallur). 15. Arisikaraiputhur(Azhagaputhur). 16. Penu Perundurai. 17. Thirunaraiyur. 18. Penu Perundurai. 19. Thirucherai. 20. Thirunallam. 21. Narayur Chitteswaram. 22. Nalur Mayanam. 23. Karuvili. 24. Kudavayil(Kudavasal).

Temples to the Southwest of Kumbakonam

25. Pattesvaram. 26. Thiruchathimutham. 27. Aavur. 28. Nallur. 29. Pazhayarai Vadathali. 30. Tiru palathurai.

Temples to the west of Kumbakonam

31. Kottaiyur. 32.Thiruvalanchuzhi.

Temples to NorthWest of Kumbakonam

33. Innambur. 34. Thiruppurambiam. 35. VijayaMangai. 36. Tiruvaikavoor.

Temples to the Northeast of Kumbakonam

37. Thirundudevankudy. 38. Thirucheynjalur. 39. Thiruvappadi. 40. Thiruppanandal.

Lord Vishnu Temples

In Kumbakonam

1. Sarangapani Temple. 2. Chakrapani Temple. 3. Ramaswamy Temple

Temples to the SouthEast of Kumbakonam

3. Tiruvinnagar(Uppiliyappan Koil). 4. Nachiyarkovil. 5. Thirucherai.

Temples to the West of Kumbakonam

6. Pullabhudangudi. 7. Kapisthalam.

Temples to the SouthWest of Kumbakonam

8. Nandipura Vinnagram

Temples to the NorthWest of Kumbakonam

9. Aadanur.

Temples to the NorthEast of Kumbakonam

10. Thiruvalliankudi. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.201.4.2 (talk) 01:53, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
It has been discovered that this book: Contains significant amounts of material plagiarized from Wikipedia articles. (Some other books from the same publisher also have this problem). There is no practical way of determining which material came from Wikipedia, and which came from other sources. Further, widespread plagiarism is an indication of poor scholarship. For those reasons, and according to Wikipedia policy, WP:CIRCULAR, I will deleting all citations to the book. However I will not delete the material that cites it, as there's no indication that the material is inaccurate. For more background, see WP:RSN, or the archive after it goes there.  Will Beback   talk    22:49, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Gupta, Om. Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Gyan Publishing House, 2006. ISBN 8182053897, 9788182053892.


 * I have just done the same thing again. Looks like someone reinserted the citations. - Sitush (talk) 07:55, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Political Divisions
Order of state and region should be reversed. I will do it if I hear no objections.Beowulf (talk) 02:50, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Demographics
Demographics of the town was stated wrongly. it was given as 1.9 lakh ... but really it was just 1.4 lakhs. Rohit Mudliar 12:42, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Kumbeswarar temple shown wrongly
In the left side of the five photographs were found. The caption for the (second)photograph of Sarangapani Temple was given as Adhi Kumbeswarar Temple. The caption for the (third)photograph of Adhi Kumbeswarar Temple was given as Sarangapani Temple. Now corrections were made please. --B Jambulingam (talk) 11:33, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

Pewter not Lead
Under economy, amongst other things, the article mentions about "lead vessels". This is incorrect. It should read as "pewter vessels". The error has crept it for the author must have translated the tamil word "eeyam pathiram" to "lead vessels". In Tamil "eeyam' stands for both tin (out of which pewter is made) as also lead. While "veleeyam" is pewter, "kar eeyam" is lead.

Please therefore replace "lead vessels" to "pewter vessels" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.94.21 (talk) 16:04, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * The ref shows only lead vessels,i will search and update.Ssriram mt (talk) 04:40, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

கும்பக்கோணம் (Kumbakonam)
கும்பக்கோணம் should be written and read as கும்பகோணம் and not கும்பக்கோணம் in Tamil language. Hence correction is made accordingly. --B Jambulingam (talk) 06:39, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

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