Tank

The water in the Kumbakkonam Tank is a mixture of water from the Sacred 

http://kuinformation.blogspot.com/search/label/NavaKanniyar

 The water has been held as sacred and holy for thousands and thousands of year through their very means of creation and by prayers and rituals of people since their beginnings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahamaham_tank,_Kumbakonam
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kumbakonam+tank

The sixteen Siva lingams in the sixteen mandapams around the Mahamaham tank

1. Shri Brahmatheerthaeswarar 
2. Shri Mugunthaeswarar 
3. Shri Thaneshwarar 
4. Shri Yedabeshwarar 
5. Shri Bhaneshwarar 
6. Shri Koneshwarar 
7. Shri Guneshwarar 
8. Shri Bairaveshwarar
9. Shri Agatheeswarar 
10. Shri Vyaseshwarar 
11. Shri Umabageshwarar 
12. Shri Nairutheeshwarar 
13. Shri Brahmeshwarar 
14. Shri Gangeshwarar 
15. Shri Mukthaeswarar 
16. Shri Sathirabaleshwarar

Pooja

http://www.kumbakonamapspoojaproducts.com

Theerthavari

Shiva Temples

12 Siva Temples Participate in Theerthavari at Mahamaham Tank They are 

1. Kasi Viswanathar Temple
2. Kumbeswarar Temple
3. Nageswara Temple
4. Someswarar Temple
5. Koteeswarar Temple
6. Kalahasteeswarar Temple
7. Gowthameswarar Temple
8. Amirthakalasanathar Temple
9. Banapuriswarar Temple
10. Abimukeswarar Temple
11. AdhiKambatta Visvanathar Temple
12. Ekambareswarar Temple

Of them 10 temples are in Kumbakonam.

Vishnu Temples
5 Vishnu Temples participate in Theerthavari at Cauvery River connected with Mahamaham festival which happens once in 12 years in Kumbakonam.They are:

1. Sarangapani Temple,
2. Chakrapani Temple,
3. Ramaswamy Temple,
4. Rajagopalaswamy Temple, and
5. Varahaperumal Temple. 

Brahma Temple

http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/features/10-09/features1518.htm

http://yeskay-santhanam.blogspot.in/search/label/Kumbakonam


All these temples are in Kumbakonam.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kumbakonam+Theerthavari
https://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=kumbakonam+Theerthavari

Nava Kanniyar

Nava Kannigais - nine maidens representing the nine rivers –

1. Ganga, 
2. Yamuna, 
3. Saraswati, 
4. Kaveri, 
5. Godavari, 
6. Narmada, 
7. Krishna, 
8. Tungabhadra and 
9. Sarayu 

arrive to bathe in the Mahamagham tank once every 12 years during mahamaham.

http://sarayutoayodhya.blogspot.in/2017/01/sree-kasi-viswanathar-temple-kumbakonam.html

Purana

Water

http://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/where-holy-rivers-meet

amudhasurabi

http://amudhasurabi.com/tour/Kumbakonam

6thstation

https://6thstation.wordpress.com/tag/kumbakonam/