INDIA, February 15, 2016 ( The Hindu): India Post has entered into a tie-up arrangement with the Department of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment to make available Mahamaham theertham (sacred water) and prasadams to devotees through post offices all over India. Mahamaham – 2016 packets, containing the Mahamaham theertham, vibuthi, kumkum of 12 Siva temples and 5 Vaishnavaite temples located in and around Kumbakonam, sugar candies and a book on the history of Kumbakonam temples would be made available to the devotees under the arrangement, according to a press release from Suvendu Swain, Postmaster General, Central Region, Tiruchi.
More details can be had from the post offices or from the Kumbakonam Head Post Office by dialing 0435-2420411 or the Superintendent of Post Offices, Kumbakonam Division, Kumbakonam, by dialling 0435-2421710 or 2421296.