Cumbum

Cumbum or Kambam is a town and municipality in Theni district in the western part of the Madurai Region Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The name Cumbum has gotten from the well known sanctuary of Lord Narayana Cumbaraya Perumal around which the town has been constructed. Viswanatha Nayak needed to manufacture a sanctuary for Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu at a solitary site. The daily paper Dhinamalar cites " A ruler managing this locale at that point wanted to construct a sanctuary for Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu at a solitary site. Perumal showed up in his fantasy and said that there was a stone post at the foot slopes of western ghats and that His object of worship was there.

The ruler discovered Perumal there and introduced Him here. As the Lord was found under a stone post Cumbam, He was named Kambaraya Perumal and the place Cumbam. He additionally brought a Shivalinga from Kasi-Varanasi and constructed the Shiva sanctuary. He praised the sanctification of the sanctuaries that day. The Holy tree Vanni is revered as Lord Brahmma. Individuals hence have the chance of loving Lords Shiva, Vishnu and Brahmma in a solitary sanctuary. This sanctuary is viewed as a well known heavenly place in Theni District.