Arulmigu Kasi Viswanatha Swamy Temple(Pancha Kashi) — Attraction in Tamil Nadu

Arulmigu Viswanatha Swamy Temple commonly called as Sivan Kovil is worshipped with Kasi Viswanatha Swamy as its main god and Visalatchi Amman as its goddess - is one among the important and ancient temple in Sivakasi and it is administrated by The Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Department - Tamilnadu is situated in the central hub of sivakasi. All six period pooja, abhishekham, alangaram, aaradhanai, workship are practiced as per agama vithi.

Bowirnami Pooja will be conducted on every Full Moon Day, at the time of Pradthosam, Sivarathiri and at the begining of every tamil month poojas to Arulmigu Vishwanatha Swamy is performed with "THANGA KAVASAM SATRUTHAL" abhishekham, 108 Sangu Abhishekham on every last Monday of every month and 1008 Thiruvilaku Poojas are some important poojas in this temple, by that time large number of devotees will gather for group worship and to see beautiful poojas and alangarams performed to Lord Siva.

This temple would have been started to built in 15th century and ended in 16th century by the Pandiyan King 'Arikaysari' Parangkushan who is also been called as...

Sivakasi town is named after this temple. The Siva temple or Shivan kovil is the center of the town. It is open daily from 7am to 12noon and 4.30pm to 8pm. There is no direct bus service to the temple. Autorikshaws charge around Rs60 from bus stand. This a medium sized temple without a prominent Rajagopuram. The main Lord is called Kasi Vishveshwarar. There are many other deities here along with the Lord Kasivishweshwarar. The nearby Shri Bhadrakali Amman kovil is the biggest temple in Sivakasi. This temple has a huge Rajagopuram. The other great temple is at Tiruthugal . This temple at Tiruthankkal is the Perumalkovil which is one of the 108 Divyadesams of Lord Vishnu. Similarly the Srivilliputhur Andal temple a Divyadesam of Mahavishnu and the Great Shankaranarayan kovil at Sankarankovil are at half an hour drive from Sivakasi town. Sivakasi is Industrial town famous for Offset-Printing Crackers Matchbox and has all amenites including a Railway station.There are nice hotels...

This temple melts your worries when you believe the Lord Viswanathar resolve all your problems. A best place for the Hindu people around here to make their mind and heart to unite with the lord and to start their day successful. It is located in the busiest area of Sivakasi and I fact the name Sivakasi is earned because of this temple. It is a historically important place and can be read out in the...