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Sri Kasi Nattukottai
Nagara Satram
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Complete free services for all pilgrims visiting Varanasi and staying at our Satram
From 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM: milk, curd, butter, ghee, panchamirtham, paneer, sugar, sandalwood, vibhuti. Evening free full meals for all pilgrims.
Clean, safe free rooms at Kasi and all chatrams for pilgrims. Rooms available for families and individuals. No charge for accommodation during your pilgrimage stay.
Guidance to Kashi Vishwanath Temple, assistance with ear-piercing, upanayanam, Vishweshwara abhishekam and all sacred rituals performed during the Kasi pilgrimage.
Secure locker facility at the Karaikudi head office (Locker Division) for pilgrims to safely store valuables, jewellery and important documents during travel.
Assistance arranging the sacred Ganga bath, ancestral rites (pitru karya), pinda daan and other holy rituals on the ghats of the Ganges river.
Medical assistance and emergency services available for pilgrims who need help during their stay at any of the satrams.
Daily meal and religious services for pilgrims
Special service categories established by generous Nagarathar donors
Note: The Brahmin Meals Kattalaigal begun in 1863 was started with Rs. 9,000, collecting from 16-18 Rudrotsavari donors in the month of Thai.
Sacred temples within and near the satram premises
The most important Shiva temple in Kasi. The first darshan for all pilgrims. The golden spire is iconic.
Built in 1893 by the Nagarathar community. Four-time abhishekam performed during Maha Sivaratri. The main temple of the satram complex.
The goddess of food and nourishment. Worship of Annapurni at Kasi is especially auspicious and blesses pilgrims with abundance.
In a 35-floor building on Strand Road, Kolkata. Built by Nattukottai Nagarathar. Year-round pujas. Important for Nagarathar devotees in Eastern India.
The main temple of the Nagarathar community deity Singara Murugeswara. Historically connected to the founding of the satram service.
Famous Shivalinga temple in West Bengal. 36 miles from Kolkata. Pilgrims pour milk on the lingam. The Nagarathar chatram is nearby.
The temple was built by the Nagarathar community and consecrated (Kumbabishekam) on the 25th of Thai month in 1893. Visalakshi Amman is believed to be an extremely powerful deity.
Navaratri – 9 days
4-time abhishekam performed
10:30 AM and 6:00 PM daily
Beautiful processional idol of Visalakshi Amman