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It
is an ancient yatrasthala, combining in itself both legendary and
historic associations of high eminence. According to sthalapurana,
Iravatha, the mount of Devendra worshipped this Lord with great
ardor and was relieved of a terrible curse of roaming about in the
dense forests as a wild beast. Further, the Lord taking the form of
a bull brought Sundaramurthi Nayanar and a famous Chera king to His
sannidhi to reveal His form and later demonstrated His sports to the
amazement of all. It is a very big temple housing three spacious
garbhagrihas - one for Someswara Soundaranayaki Ammal; two, for
Kaleeswara Swarnavalli Ammal and the last for Sundareswarar
Meenakshi Ammal. The renowned Maruda Pandya rulers endowed the
temple munificently. Many valuable things were denoted by rich
philanthropists. It is visited largely and worshipped passionately.
It
lies 10 km of F Nathara, one of the important towns in the
Sivagangai district.
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