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Kumbakonam is a small temple-town with very peaceful life. It is rich in Tamil culture. The food served in Kumbakonam is considered to be the best in Tamil Cuisine. Kumbakonam is known as "Kasi of South India." Big temples, with beautifully carved sculptures are located very near to each other. Besides Men's college, where the famous mathematician Ramanujam had studied, the Government college of Arts and Crafts is also famous for producing some of the well known artist.

The quiet town has faced some of the worst disasters, such as the stampede in Mahamaham in 1992 and tragic fire disaster in the year 2004.

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Business The town which was originally a religious town become an industrial center during last quarter of the 19th Century and early period of 20th century. Predominance was gained for Silk Industries and Metal manufacturing.The Major Suppliers of Silk Sarees to the Indian Silk Saree Market is Kumbakonam Silk Industry. All the South Indian Brass Pooja articles and utensils are manufactured in Kumbakonam and these articles are manufactured nowhere in South India other than Kumbakonam.KuthuVilakku and Statues are the famous articles. Stainless Steel utensils are manufactured.Betelnuts, Suparis are manufactured in Kumbakonam.

[edit] Demographics Historical populations Year Pop.  %± 1871 44,444 — 1881 50,098 12.7% 1891 54,307 8.4% 1901 59,673 9.9% 1911 64,647 8.3% 1921 60,700 −6.1% 1931 — 1941 — 1951 92,581 — 1961 — 1971 113,130 — 1981 132,832 17.4% 1991 150,502 13.3% 2001 140,021 −7.0% As of 2001 India census,[4] Kumbakonam had a population of 140,021. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kumbakonam has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 86%, and female literacy is 70%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. The population is constituted mainly by the Hindus, Christians and Muslims.

[edit] Economy Kumbakonam is primarily a market city for surrounding smaller towns and agricultural villages. The town is surrounded by small villages of great historical importance. The agricultural region around the town is famous for its betelnuts and betel leaves. It is a market town where people from all over the Kaveri delta region (Composite Thanjavur District) come for business purposes. The town is also home to many goldsmiths and ornament makers. And the city is world famous for sculpture because of the workshop in Swamimalai.

[edit] Temples Kumbakonam is known as the City of temples as there are around thousand of temples in and around Kumbakonam.

Lord shiva temples

In Kumbakonam

1. Adi Kumbheswarar Temple. 2. Nageswara Swami Temple. 3. Someswarar Temple.

Temples to the East/North East of Kumbakonam

4. Thiruviyalur. 5. Thirunageswaram. 6. Thiruvidaimarudur. 7. Thirukkodika. 8. Tenkurangaduthurai. 9. Thiruneelakkudy. 10. Thirumangalakkudi. 11. Palaiyur.

Temples to the SouthEast of Kumbakonam 12. Kalayanallur(Sakkotai). 13. Thiru Chivapuram(Sivapuram). 14. Karukkudy(Marudhanallur). 15. Arisikaraiputhur(Azhagaputhur). 16. Penu Perundurai. 17. Thirunaraiyur. 18. Penu Perundurai. 19. Thirucherai. 20. Thirunallam. 21. Narayur Chitteswaram. 22. Nalur Mayanam. 23. Karuvili. 24. Kudavayil(Kudavasal).

Temples to the Southwest of Kumbakonam

25. Pattesvaram. 26. Thiruchathimutham. 27. Aavur. 28. Nallur. 29. Pazhayarai Vadathali. 30. Tiru palathurai.

Temples to the west of Kumbakonam

31. Kottaiyur. 32.Thiruvalanchuzhi.

Temples to NorthWest of Kumbakonam

33. Innambur. 34. Thiruppurambiam. 35. VijayaMangai. 36. Tiruvaikavoor.

Temples to the Northeast of Kumbakonam

37. Thirundudevankudy. 38. Thirucheynjalur. 39. Thiruvappadi. 40. Thiruppanandal.

Lord Vishnu Temples

In Kumbakonam

1. Sarangapani Temple. 2. Chakrapani Temple. 3. Ramaswamy Temple

Temples to the SouthEast of Kumbakonam

3. Tiruvinnagar(Uppiliyappan Koil). 4. Nachiyarkovil. 5. Thirucherai.

Temples to the West of Kumbakonam

6. Pullabhudangudi. 7. Kapisthalam.

Temples to the SouthWest of Kumbakonam

8. Nandipura Vinnagram

Temples to the NorthWest of Kumbakonam

9. Aadanur.

Temples to the NorthEast of Kumbakonam

10. Thiruvalliankudi. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.201.4.2 (talk) 01:53, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

It has been discovered that this book:

• Gupta, Om. Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Gyan Publishing House, 2006. ISBN 8182053897, 9788182053892.

Contains significant amounts of material plagiarized from Wikipedia articles. (Some other books from the same publisher also have this problem). There is no practical way of determining which material came from Wikipedia, and which came from other sources. Further, widespread plagiarism is an indication of poor scholarship. For those reasons, and according to Wikipedia policy, WP:CIRCULAR, I will deleting all citations to the book. However I will not delete the material that cites it, as there's no indication that the material is inaccurate. For more background, see WP:RSN#Circular references: Gyan Publishing and ISHA Books, or the archive after it goes there.   Will Beback  talk  22:49, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

I have just done the same thing again. Looks like someone reinserted the citations. - Sitush (talk) 07:55, 20 October 2011 (UTC)