HINDU TEMPLES
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Moolavar - Marundeeswarar, Ambal - Tiripurasundari, Other Deities - Muthukumarar, Vinayagar. Moolavar - Marundeeswarar, Ambal - Tiripurasundari, Other Deities - Muthukumarar, Vinayagar Festivals Panguni Brahmmotsavam March- April Shivrathri February-March Vinayaka Chaturti Skanda Sashti October-November Speciality The Vimana (tower above the sanctum sanctorum) of the presiding deity is of Chaturvastam design. Uniqueness Lord Vinayaka is known as Vigneswara. The temple has 5 tier Rajagopuram. Pongal-pudding is offered as nivedhana to Lord.Lord facing west: Appayya Dikshithar, whose original works and commentaries on our sacred books had enriched the Sanskrit literatures and the spiritual heritage of South during the twentieth century, was unable to have the darshan of Lord due to heavy floods. He was able to see only the back of Lord. He said to the Lord,
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Lord Marundeeswarar is known so because he taught sage Agastya about some magical medicine. Since then the Marundeeswarar temple has been a place of worship for people with diseases and various problems with their health. It is said that even The Sage Valmiki, who wrote The Ramayana, came here to The Marundeeswarar temple to worship The Lord. Sage Valmiki was said to be blessed here.