It is located in the small village of Ayyawadi near Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu. The temple is known for its unique ritual, Nikumbala Yajna, performed on no-moon days to protect devotees primarily ...
On Karaikal Road in the temple town of Kumbakonam stands the 109-year old Society of the Sacred Heart Leprosy Centre, immortalised by Pasitha Maanidam, a novel by Karichan Kunju, a writer of the ...