Kailasanathar Temple (Chandra)
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📍 Thingalur, Tamil Nadu
Regional SignificanceDedicated to Lord Chandra (Moon), this temple is famous for mental peace, emotional balance, and blessings for fertility and motherhood.
🕒 Practical Information
🕉️ Spiritual Details
Lord Kailasanathar (Chandra)
Chandra, Soma, Indu, Nisakara
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Lord Kailasanathar (Chandra)
Kailasanathar Temple, Thingalur, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu 612102, India
Spiritual Highlights
The temple grants mental peace and emotional stability, fertility and successful motherhood, relief from anxiety and depression, good relationships with mother, success in dairy and water businesses, and lunar energy balance.
The temple is famous for fertility miracles and successful pregnancies, mental health improvements, emotional healing experiences, peaceful mind achievements, and strong mother-child relationships.
Monday worship (Chandra's day), offering white flowers and milk, performing Chandra mantras, seeking fertility blessings, mental peace prayers.
Mental peace and emotional balance, fertility and successful conception, relief from psychological stress, harmonious family relationships, success in lunar-influenced professions, and overall emotional well-being.
About Kailasanathar Temple (Chandra)
Kailasanathar Temple at Thingalur, near Kumbakonam, is the sacred Navagraha temple dedicated to Lord Chandra (Moon God). The temple is particularly significant for devotees seeking mental peace, emotional stability, and fertility blessings. According to Hindu astrology, Chandra represents the mind, emotions, mother, and fertility. The temple is especially popular among women seeking motherhood and individuals suffering from mental stress or emotional disturbances. The deity is known as Kailasanathar (Lord of Kailash) and is believed to have the power to calm the mind and provide emotional healing. The temple architecture features beautiful lunar motifs and the sanctum is designed to receive moonlight during certain lunar phases.
Architecture & Heritage
Chola Dravidian Architecture (11th Century CE (Chola Period))
Lunar motif architecture, moonlight receiving design, peaceful temple atmosphere, fertility-centered layout, emotional healing spaces
Chandra-prominent Kailasanathar deity, lunar symbols, fertility representations, mental peace areas, mother-child blessing zones
Festivals & Celebrations
Lunar eclipse special prayers, fertility blessing ceremonies, mental peace rituals, mother-child relationship celebrations
Full moon celebrations, monsoon lunar festivals, winter moon worship, fertility season blessings
Rituals & Traditions
Monday Chandra worship, fertility blessing rituals, mental peace ceremonies, lunar eclipse prayers
Monday worship traditions, fertility blessing customs, mental peace practices, lunar eclipse observances
Moon-blessed prasadam including milk-based offerings, fertility blessing items, mental peace preparations, and cooling lunar treats
Visitor Guidelines
Traditional attire preferred. White or light colored clothing auspicious for Moon worship.
Ground level temple with easy accessibility. Peaceful environment for meditation.
Tour Packages in Kumbakonam
Explore popular pilgrimage & tour packages starting from Kumbakonam
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Lord Kailasanathar (Chandra)
Goddess Parvati, 27 Nakshatras (Stars), Rohini (Moon's beloved), Daksha Prajapati, Soma deity
Kailasanathar Temple, Thingalur, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu 612102, India
How to Reach
Tiruchirappalli Airport (70 km)
Kumbakonam Railway Station (25 km)
Thingalur Bus Stand (1 km)
By Road: Connected from Kumbakonam. Second temple in Navagraha circuit. Peaceful lunar worship location.