Karumbayiram Pillayar temple
This is a very famous and very old Vinayagar/ Pillayar temple in Kumbakonam. This temple is situated in the region surrounding the Adhi Kumbeswarar temple. People in Kumbakonam pray this God offering sugarcane and Coconuts.
Karumbu means sugarcane and Ayiram means 1000 (Thousand). The main deity of the temple Vinayagar named Karumbayiram pillayar. Has a story behind this naming.
A trader was travelling through the place with a cart full of sugarcane. While passing through the border of this place, he was tired, parked his cart near the temple tank, washed his face and continued the journey. A little boy asked for a piece of sugarcane. The cart man refused and continued the journey. The boy chased demanding a piece of cane. Some people advised the man to give the boy a piece of cane and that he won’t lose anything. The boy also looked fat as a Pillayar, they said. But the trader had no heart to give him one.
The trader simply said that the sugarcane he was carrying was something as a grass stick and it would not be sweet but salty. He also said that unless it is crushed in the mill, it would not be sweet. The boy said that he was lying and they would become simply grass sticks and disappeared.
The trader reached the mill and asked for crushing. The mill man laughed at him and said that grass sticks are not crushed. The trader realized his folly. Returning home, the trader fell asleep. The boy appeared in his dream and said that he was rewarded for speaking a lie. The trader understood that the boy was but Lord Vinayaka, went to the temple and begged Lord’s pardon. Merciful Lord changed the grass sticks into sugarcanes. Since then He is praised as Karumbayiram Pillayar
The temple has few steps at the entrance to be climbed and has the fat Vinayagar well seated in his usual form. The temple also has other Gods and Navagraham. The temple is simple and beautiful. The priests offer Vibhoothi prasadham. We visited this temple as family and prayed the lord to keep our lives as sweet as the sugar cane.
Maha Ganapathiye Namah!!
This is a very famous and very old Vinayagar/ Pillayar temple in Kumbakonam. This temple is situated in the region surrounding the Adhi Kumbeswarar temple. People in Kumbakonam pray this God offering sugarcane and Coconuts.
Karumbu means sugarcane and Ayiram means 1000 (Thousand). The main deity of the temple Vinayagar named Karumbayiram pillayar. Has a story behind this naming.
A trader was travelling through the place with a cart full of sugarcane. While passing through the border of this place, he was tired, parked his cart near the temple tank, washed his face and continued the journey. A little boy asked for a piece of sugarcane. The cart man refused and continued the journey. The boy chased demanding a piece of cane. Some people advised the man to give the boy a piece of cane and that he won’t lose anything. The boy also looked fat as a Pillayar, they said. But the trader had no heart to give him one.
The trader simply said that the sugarcane he was carrying was something as a grass stick and it would not be sweet but salty. He also said that unless it is crushed in the mill, it would not be sweet. The boy said that he was lying and they would become simply grass sticks and disappeared.
The trader reached the mill and asked for crushing. The mill man laughed at him and said that grass sticks are not crushed. The trader realized his folly. Returning home, the trader fell asleep. The boy appeared in his dream and said that he was rewarded for speaking a lie. The trader understood that the boy was but Lord Vinayaka, went to the temple and begged Lord’s pardon. Merciful Lord changed the grass sticks into sugarcanes. Since then He is praised as Karumbayiram Pillayar
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| Outside wall of the temple |
The temple has few steps at the entrance to be climbed and has the fat Vinayagar well seated in his usual form. The temple also has other Gods and Navagraham. The temple is simple and beautiful. The priests offer Vibhoothi prasadham. We visited this temple as family and prayed the lord to keep our lives as sweet as the sugar cane.
Maha Ganapathiye Namah!!
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