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Kumbakonam
Kumbakonam also spelt as Coombaconum in the records of British India, is a town and a special grade municipality in Thanjavur district in the southeast Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 40km from Thanjavur and 273km from Chennai and is the headquarters of the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district. The town is bounded by two rivers, the Kaveri River to the north and Arasalar River to the south. According to the 2011 census, Kumbakonam has a population of 140,156 and has a strong Hindu majority; but it also has sizeable Muslim and Christian populations.comment | share |