Kumbakonam

Kumbakonam is a town in the Thanjavur district of . The town is popular for the Betal Leaf Combination and for the thick-strong coffee. Nearby Darasuram is famous for Airavatesvara Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Type: City with 140,000 residents
  • Description: city in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Combaconum”, “Coombaconum”, and “Kudanthaiyan”
  • Historically known as: “Kudanthai”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mahamaham tank and Kumbakonam railway station.

Reservoir
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is a huge temple tank located in Kumbakonam, , India. It is considered to be the foremost and one of the largest temple tanks in Tamil Nadu.

Railway station
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is an important Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station serving the city of Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu, India.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Darasuram.

Village
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or Dharasuram is a neighbourhood in the city of Kumbakonam, , . The area is known for the Airavateswara temple constructed by the Rajaraja Chola II in the 12th century CE. The temple is a recognised UNESCO World Heritage monument.

Kumbakonam

Latitude
10.9604° or 10° 57′ 38″ north
Longitude
79.3821° or 79° 22′ 56″ east
Population
140,000
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IN KBM
Open location code
7J2XX96J+5R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245588875
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1265683
Wiki­data ID
Q913399
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Kumbakonam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كومباكونام”
  • Armenian: “Կումբակոնամ”
  • Bengali: “কুম্ভকোণম”
  • Bhojpuri: “कुम्भकोण”
  • Bishnupriya: “কুম্ভকোনম”
  • Bulgarian: “Кумбаконам”
  • Catalan: “Coombaconum”
  • Catalan: “Kudanthai”
  • Catalan: “Kumbakonam”
  • Catalan: “Malaikurram”
  • Cebuano: “Kumbakonam”
  • Chinese: “坤拔可南”
  • Chinese: “库姆巴科纳姆”
  • Chinese: “庫姆巴科納姆”
  • Chinese: “贡伯戈讷姆”
  • Danish: “Kumbakonam”
  • Dutch: “Kumbakonam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كومباكونام”
  • Esperanto: “Kumbakonam”
  • French: “Kumbakonam”
  • Georgian: “კუმბაკონამი”
  • German: “Kumbakonam”
  • Greek: “Κουμπακονάμ”
  • Gujarati: “કુમ્બકોનમ”
  • Hebrew: “קומבקונם”
  • Hindi: “कुंभकोणम”
  • Hindi: “कुम्भकोणम”
  • Hungarian: “Kumbakonam”
  • Irish: “Kumbakonam”
  • Italian: “Kumbakonam”
  • Japanese: “クームバコーナム”
  • Japanese: “クンバコナム”
  • Kannada: “ಕುಂಬಕೋಣಂ”
  • Kannada: “ಕುಂಭಕೋಣಂ”
  • Kashmiri: “کومبھکونم”
  • Korean: “쿰바코남”
  • Lithuanian: “Kumbakonamas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kumbhakonamas”
  • Malagasy: “Kumbakonam”
  • Malay: “Kumbakonam”
  • Malayalam: “Kumbakonam”
  • Malayalam: “കുംഭകോണം”
  • Marathi: “कुंभकोणम”
  • Newari: “कुम्बकोनाम”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kumbakonam”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kumbakonam”
  • Norwegian: “Kumbakonam”
  • Pampanga: “Kumbakonam”
  • Polish: “Kumbakonam”
  • Portuguese: “Kumbakonam”
  • Russian: “Coombaconum”
  • Russian: “Kumbakonam”
  • Russian: “Кумбаконам”
  • Sicilian: “Kumbakonam”
  • Slovenian: “Kumbakonam, Indija”
  • Spanish: “Kumbakonam”
  • Swedish: “Kumbakonam”
  • Tamil: “குடந்தை”
  • Tamil: “கும்பகோணம்”
  • Telugu: “కుంబకోణం”
  • Telugu: “కుంభకోణం”
  • Telugu: “కుంభకోణము”
  • Ukrainian: “Кумбаконам”
  • Urdu: “کومبھکونم”
  • Vietnamese: “Kumbakonam”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kumbakonam”
  • Welsh: “Kumbakonam”
  • “कुम्भकोण”

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