About the Temple

Edamanal Sri Kasi Viswanathaswamy temple is situated in the fertile land between Kaveri and Kollidam rivers in Tamil Nadu, 5 km west of the coast of Bay of Bengal and 8 km east of Sirkazhi.

The temple complex comprises sannidhis for Edamanal Sri Kasi Viswanathaswamy, Kasi Visalakshi Amman, Kattamudu Vinayakar, Subrahmanyar with Valli and Devasena, Kanni Moolai Ganapathy, Anjaneyar, Gajalakshmi, Saraswathi, Chandikeshwarar, Navagrahams, Ashta Bhuja Kali, Bhairavar, Suryan, Chandran, and Sundaramurthy Swamigal.

The Shiva Sannidhi faces the village cremation ground located across the Melappalayam Road at a distance.  This unique feature of this location is lauded by experts as being particularly appropriate for Lord Shiva.  It is an especially noteworthy similarity to the original Kasi Viswanathaswamy of Varanasi, Who overlooks the burning ghats on the western bank of the sacred Ganga.  The Kanchi Maha Periyaval’s pronouncement on naming this deity as Sri Kasi Viswanathaswamy thus acquires even more special significance.

The divine significance and the circumstances leading up to the construction of this temple complex are explained in the section titled history of the temple. With generous contributions of patrons from all over the world, the Kumbhabhishekam for the temple was performed on May 31, 2012 on a grand scale.  Daily pujas for all the deities are performed and darshan and prasadam for devotees are provided since then.

With continued participation of the villagers and patronage of various donors and well-wishers, regular two kala pujas and several special pujas on auspicious occasions and festival days are being conducted at the temple for the last 12 years.  As 12 years have passed from the last Kumbabishekam the Board of Trustees have now taken up a programme of renovation of the temple complex and are conducting Maha Kumbabishekam by February 2025.

Events in Shiva temple complex in the last 12 years

Every year since the last Kumbabishekam an Annual Samvatsaram (Kumbabishekam Anniversary ) was conducted on the Hastha nakshatram of Vaikasi month with special pooja including homam, abishekam to all the deities/sannadhis.  Prasadam  and Annadhanam were served to all the  devotees and the public at large.

Annabishekam was performed every year on Pournami day of Aipasi (Tula) month followed by Annadhanam to all devotees.

Arudra Abishekam was performed on the Thiruvadhirai nakshatram of Margazhi.

Mahashivarathri was celebrated on a grand scale every year on the Krishna paksha chaturdasi of MASI month with four KALA (session) abishekam to Pillaiyar, Swamy and Ambal commencing around 7 PM and ending the next morning before sunrise. Several hundreds of devotees throng the temple through the night from our village and all neighbouring towns. On each Kalam end prasadam is distributed to all the devotees.

Chitrapournami is celebrated on the Pournami day of Chithirai month commemorating the ancient event of Sundarar, who was fed by Lord Shiva and Ambal in disguise as a brahmin couple at this very site.

Apart from the Annual pooja, the fortnightly Pradosham and Monthly Sankatahara Chathurthi Pooja to Pillayar were conducted regularly attracting  lots of devotees to these events.

In addition to the above every year during Dec/Jan Ghanaparayanam session conducted with elite  12 Ghanapadigals from Chidambaram temple reciting the veda mantras. This occasion is felt to have magnified the divine energy around the temple and surrounding areas with positive vibes.

Several devotees come and worship at this temple with strong belief and prayer for overall well being, in the process Sri Kasi  viswanathar kovil  has become popular place of worship in  Edamanal and all other villages/towns in the nearby area.

In addition to the religious activities, the Trust offered  social/charitable support to various purposes like wedding, education, health requirements of needy persons and  for progress of other spiritual activities like vedapadasalai.

The Trust seeks continued patronage of donors/well-wishers/prospective donors for augmenting the required corpus.  The corpus will help sustain the ongoing activities as well as expand the services on the welfare front as part of the objective of the Trust newly registered in March 2014.

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