Kumbakonam Sārangapāṇi
Kumbakonam · Thanjavur · Tamil Nadu
Sārangapāṇi Svāmi is the presiding Vishnu of Kumbakonam, one of the 108 Divya Desams — the sacred geography of temples sung by the twelve Āḻvār saint-poets of Tamil Vaishnavism (7th–9th c. CE). Goddess: Komalavalli Thāyār. Tīrtham: Porthāmarai & Hema Puṣkariṇī. Vimāna: Sārangapāṇi-vimāna (chariot-shaped). Sung by Tirumaṅgai-āḻvār, Tirumaḻiśai-āḻvār, Peri-āḻvār, Nammāḻvār, Āṇḍāḷ — 51 pasurams.
Place · Kumbakonam · Thanjavur · Tamil Nadu
A moment of pilgrimage
Even from afar, turn the mind toward Sārangapāṇi Svāmi. If you have visited — or hope to — let one detail of the place (a gopuram, a river, a courtyard) become today's anchor.