<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066507170245740829</id><updated>2011-07-28T18:04:38.110-07:00</updated><category term='Kumbakonam Bird Sanctuary'/><category term='Eco Friendly Resort Mantra'/><category term='Hotel Accommodation Kumbakonam'/><category term='Kumbakonam'/><category term='Dharasuram Temple Kumbakonam'/><category term='Travel Kumbakonam'/><category term='Spa Village Resort'/><category term='Tirubhuvanam Trmple Kumbakonam'/><title type='text'>Kumbakonam Resort</title><subtitle type='html'>"Mantra Veppathur", an Eco Friendly Resort in Kumbakonam</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4066507170245740829/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Kumbakonam Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521481937474445938</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066507170245740829.post-57166330875052239</id><published>2009-03-03T04:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T04:04:19.582-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dharasuram Temple Kumbakonam'/><title type='text'>Kumbakonam - Dharasuram Temple</title><content type='html'>Dharasuram is temple is dedicated to Shiva, who is Airavateshvara, the “Lord of Airavata”, located 4 km(2.5 Miles) west of &lt;a href="http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kumbakonam&lt;/a&gt;, was built by the Chola King, Rajaraja II. This&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Legend claims that after Airavata, the white elephant of Indhra, the God of the Heavens, regained his lost colour, he worshipped Shiva at this spot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The four-tiered temple has a Sanctum and three halls, of which the finest is the Raja-Gambira Mandapa conceived as a stone chariot drawn by caparisoned horses with Brahma as its driver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The outer walls of Dharasuram Temple, &lt;a href="http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com"&gt;Kumbakonam&lt;/a&gt; have fine friezes and carvings of musicians, dancers and acrobats as well as depictions from the Periya Puranam, a Tamil treatise on 63 Shaivite  poet-saints, the Nayannars.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4066507170245740829-57166330875052239?l=kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/feeds/57166330875052239/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/kumbakonam-dharasuram-temple.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4066507170245740829/posts/default/57166330875052239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4066507170245740829/posts/default/57166330875052239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/kumbakonam-dharasuram-temple.html' title='Kumbakonam - Dharasuram Temple'/><author><name>Kumbakonam Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521481937474445938</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066507170245740829.post-6500718798891940394</id><published>2009-03-03T03:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T04:01:01.588-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tirubhuvanam Trmple Kumbakonam'/><title type='text'>Kumbakonam - Tirubhuvanam Temple</title><content type='html'>Kumbakonam, Tirubhuvanam Temple, is located 8 km (5 miles) Northeast of &lt;a href="http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com"&gt;Kumbakonam&lt;/a&gt;, is dedicated to Kumbheswara,  the “God who removes Fear”. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kambaharesvarar Temple was built by the King Kulothunga III (1179 AD - 1216 AD). There are two Gopurams and two Praharams,the Karpagraham, Artha Mandapam, Maha Mandapam, Muha Mandapam and Somaskandar Mandapam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Karpagraham is in the  shape of square. IDhakshinamoorthy, Lingothbhavar and Bramma reside on the wall of Sri Vimana.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4066507170245740829-6500718798891940394?l=kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6500718798891940394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/kumbakonam-tirubhuvanam-temple.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4066507170245740829/posts/default/6500718798891940394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4066507170245740829/posts/default/6500718798891940394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/kumbakonam-tirubhuvanam-temple.html' title='Kumbakonam - Tirubhuvanam Temple'/><author><name>Kumbakonam Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521481937474445938</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066507170245740829.post-6104584357177623036</id><published>2009-03-03T03:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-04-05T12:33:49.812-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kumbakonam Bird Sanctuary'/><title type='text'>Kumbakonam - Calimere Wildlife - Bird Sanctuary</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PD1d1Wvgx70/Sa0bGeZX0oI/AAAAAAAAABw/hnomXpSUskA/s1600-h/Kumbakonam+Calimere+Wildlife.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PD1d1Wvgx70/Sa0bGeZX0oI/AAAAAAAAABw/hnomXpSUskA/s320/Kumbakonam+Calimere+Wildlife.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308929333792330370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary is spread around 333 sq km,  which is also known locally as , 90 km southeast of &lt;a href="http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kumbakonam Thanjavur, Chennai&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is noted for its vast flocks of migratory waterfowl, Calimere’s tidal mud flats are home to teals, shovellers, curlews, gulls, terns, plovers, sandpipers, shanks and herons from November to January.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The easiest way to get to &lt;a href="http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/kumbakonam-calimere-wildlife-bird.html"&gt;Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary&lt;/a&gt; is from Vedaranniyam, 12km away and the nearest town linked by frequent buses to Nagapattinam or Thanjavur.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4066507170245740829-6104584357177623036?l=kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/feeds/6104584357177623036/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/kumbakonam-calimere-wildlife-bird.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4066507170245740829/posts/default/6104584357177623036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4066507170245740829/posts/default/6104584357177623036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/kumbakonam-calimere-wildlife-bird.html' title='Kumbakonam - Calimere Wildlife - Bird Sanctuary'/><author><name>Kumbakonam Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521481937474445938</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PD1d1Wvgx70/Sa0bGeZX0oI/AAAAAAAAABw/hnomXpSUskA/s72-c/Kumbakonam+Calimere+Wildlife.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066507170245740829.post-2080269056487703245</id><published>2009-03-03T03:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-04-05T12:34:08.681-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel Kumbakonam'/><title type='text'>Travel Kumbakonam - Thanjavur - Chennai</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PD1d1Wvgx70/Sa0Zp0910pI/AAAAAAAAABo/3HGGrsu5yA0/s1600-h/kumbakonam.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 172px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PD1d1Wvgx70/Sa0Zp0910pI/AAAAAAAAABo/3HGGrsu5yA0/s320/kumbakonam.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308927742123037330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Kumbakonam is called as temple town because of the large number of temples within the town and the nearby areas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a very peaceful city and the festival of Mahamaham is celebrated every 12 years at the Mahamaham tank in &lt;a href="http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kumbakonam&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The town is known for its temples, intricately carved panchaloha idols, exquisite brass wares especially lamps, silk and betel leaves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kumbakonam&lt;/a&gt; is the headquarters of Kumbakonam Taluk. It is located 40km from Thanjavur and 273Km from Chennai. &lt;a href="http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kumbakonam&lt;/a&gt; is the heart of Thanjavur district.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4066507170245740829-2080269056487703245?l=kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/feeds/2080269056487703245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/travel-kumbakonam-thanjavur-chennai.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4066507170245740829/posts/default/2080269056487703245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4066507170245740829/posts/default/2080269056487703245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/travel-kumbakonam-thanjavur-chennai.html' title='Travel Kumbakonam - Thanjavur - Chennai'/><author><name>Kumbakonam Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521481937474445938</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PD1d1Wvgx70/Sa0Zp0910pI/AAAAAAAAABo/3HGGrsu5yA0/s72-c/kumbakonam.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066507170245740829.post-4078258295783389752</id><published>2009-03-03T03:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T03:40:55.685-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spa Village Resort'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kumbakonam'/><title type='text'>Spa Village Resort, Kumbakonam</title><content type='html'>Mantra  offers every guest to step into meditation point,(Finders)and find themselves away from the world where they belong to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com"&gt;Mantra Resort at Kumbakonam&lt;/a&gt; has pool of tranquility, entertainment in the evening exclusively for the in house guest, performing traditional classical for them to take our cultural experience!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com"&gt;Mantra Resort&lt;/a&gt; will certainly host for the global travelers,esp the niche market people who wanted to experience the culture along with nature.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4066507170245740829-4078258295783389752?l=kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/feeds/4078258295783389752/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/spa-village-resort-kumbakonam.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4066507170245740829/posts/default/4078258295783389752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4066507170245740829/posts/default/4078258295783389752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/spa-village-resort-kumbakonam.html' title='Spa Village Resort, Kumbakonam'/><author><name>Kumbakonam Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521481937474445938</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066507170245740829.post-5295428625381793603</id><published>2009-03-03T03:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T03:37:14.673-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hotel Accommodation Kumbakonam'/><title type='text'>Hotel Accommodation - Mantra Resort, Kumbakonbam</title><content type='html'>Mantra &lt;a href="http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/"&gt;Resort, Kumbakonam&lt;/a&gt; has elegant and beautiful traditional &lt;a href="http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/"&gt;resort&lt;/a&gt; (24 Traditional Cottages, 4 Deluxe Villas, and 2 Private Villa called, “Pannayyar Illam” with ambiance spread over acres on the bank of the river veer chozha on one side and the cavery river on the other side.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your &lt;a href="http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com"&gt;Hotel Accommodation at Mantra Resort, Kumbakonam&lt;/a&gt; will not only give the intimacy but also have aroma of flavors to take into your bathtub, exclusively made for you to enjoy your health with peace!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4066507170245740829-5295428625381793603?l=kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/feeds/5295428625381793603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/hotel-accommodation-mantra-resort.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4066507170245740829/posts/default/5295428625381793603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4066507170245740829/posts/default/5295428625381793603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/hotel-accommodation-mantra-resort.html' title='Hotel Accommodation - Mantra Resort, Kumbakonbam'/><author><name>Kumbakonam Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521481937474445938</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066507170245740829.post-3123097037664160004</id><published>2009-03-03T03:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T03:38:15.813-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eco Friendly Resort Mantra'/><title type='text'>Eco Friendly Resort, Mantra - Kumbakonam</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PD1d1Wvgx70/Sa0VFso4SeI/AAAAAAAAABg/7W06DDx6LfY/s1600-h/Mantra+Veppathur.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PD1d1Wvgx70/Sa0VFso4SeI/AAAAAAAAABg/7W06DDx6LfY/s320/Mantra+Veppathur.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308922723365833186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Veppathur,a small village about a kilometer from Thiruvidaimaruthur and Six KM from &lt;a href="http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kumbakonam&lt;/a&gt;,was originally known as Nimmapuram(In Sanskrit).It was called because the village was full of Neem Trees once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mantra Resort, Kumbakonam&lt;/a&gt; is a very unique concept of Eco Friendly Resort situated in Veppathur, a very Vibrant and fertile destination on Tanjavur District.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Dedicated Bridge to will take you to the wonderful &lt;a href="http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mantra Resort&lt;/a&gt; and exit you on the other way, similar.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4066507170245740829-3123097037664160004?l=kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/feeds/3123097037664160004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/eco-friendly-resort-mantra-kumbakonam.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4066507170245740829/posts/default/3123097037664160004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4066507170245740829/posts/default/3123097037664160004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kumbakonamresort.blogspot.com/2009/03/eco-friendly-resort-mantra-kumbakonam.html' title='Eco Friendly Resort, Mantra - Kumbakonam'/><author><name>Kumbakonam Blog</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521481937474445938</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PD1d1Wvgx70/Sa0VFso4SeI/AAAAAAAAABg/7W06DDx6LfY/s72-c/Mantra+Veppathur.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
