Kasi Viswanathar Temple

Kasi Viswanathar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Odiampet, a locality in the Villianur commune of Puducherry, India. The temple is locally known as Kasi Viswanathar Temple and serves as a community place of worship for residents of Odiampet and surrounding villages. It features typical South Indian temple architecture with a sanctum for Shiva and associated shrines, and is visited for daily prayers, festivals and religious observances.

Visitors can expect a small to medium-sized South Indian Shiva temple set in a quiet residential village environment in Odiampet. The complex includes the main sanctum housing the Shiva lingam, subsidiary shrines, a temple courtyard and gopuram-style entrance. The surroundings are local village roads and houses with a calm devotional atmosphere. Visitors can observe daily puja rituals, offer prayers and experience community worship typical of village temples in Puducherry.

The temple is a local Shaivite place of worship dedicated to Lord Shiva as Kasi Viswanathar, an epithet associated with Kashi Vishwanath of Varanasi. It serves the Hindu community of Odiampet and Villianur for daily worship, observance of festivals such as Maha Shivaratri, and family religious functions, reflecting Tamil Shaivite devotional traditions in the Puducherry region.