Kadambar Temple is located at Kulithalai,
Thanjavur in
Tamil Nadu. It is one of the nine
Shivasthalams in the Thanjavur area. The temple is maintained by Madurai Adhinam. The temple is also known by the names Palaasavanam, Brahmapuri and Agnistalam. Belief is that
Agni worshipped
Lord Shiva at this place. It has a five tiered
Rajagopuram at the entrance and several stone inscriptions of
Natarajar and Sivakami. Inscriptions from the
Chola and Vijayanagar periods are also there. The main festival is the Haradatta Sivacharyar in the Tamil month of Thai each year. Other festivals are
Mahashivratri, Arudra Darisanam,
Navratri and Aadi Pooram.
