KUMBAKONAM

KUMBAKONAM
THIRU PULLAM; Boothangkudi, 10kms from kumbakonam and 4 kms from swamimalai.
This is the only temple where RAMA is depicted in reclining posture , sita is not by his side, as the temple belongs to the period during which he had been
Separated by her. Legend as it that rama who had been not able to perform his
Fathers last rites set this right by performing the last rites for jatayu. As rama
felt sita’s absence for this rituals, goddess lakshmi emerged from the pond to take sitas place.
Legend has this that those who failed to perform the last rites of their father
Or parents will be liberated from this sin by visiting this temple.