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| The arrow hit the
anthill and blood gushed out profusely. This phenomenon led the King's camp followers to
dig the anthill open when, to their utter surprise, they came across a Shivalinga. Since
the linga was found inside the anthill it was named as Valmikinathar. The King constructed a temple over the linga. The name of the consort of
the Swayambhulinga is Muktambikai. The
temple is a small one but has great antiquity and sanctity behind it.
Near about the Siva temple there is another temple dedicated to Subrahmanya in his infant
aspect. In Tamil 'Sei' means infant. The name of the village (Seyyur, later Cheyyur) was
derived from this fact. One Ballavan Chola renovated the temple but the origin of the
temple is lost in oblivion. The village was previously known as Belapuri. |
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