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Lord
Shiva,
the
paramount
God
of
Saivism
and
Lord
Vishnu,
the
Superior
God
of
Vaishnavism
conjoin
together
in
a
same
idol
with
name
Sankaranarayanar.
It
symbolises
unity
of
Saivism
and
Vaishnavism,
two
major
parts
of
Hindu
Religion.The
right
half
of
the
statue
is
Shiva
while
the
left
half
is
of
vishnu.
There
are
many
sanctums
around.
To
the
left
sanctum
of
Sankaranarayanar
is
the
sanctum
for
goddess
Gomathi
amman
and
the
right
sanctum
is
lord
sankara
worshipped
in
linga
form.Legend
has
it
that
once
Goddess
Parvati
asked
Shiva
to
stop
the
fight
among
Shaiva
and
Vaishnava
devotees.
Shiva
then
appeared
as
Shankara
Narayana
Swamy.
Legend
has
it
that
the
murti
worshipped
in
the
shrine
was
discovered
by
a
king
when
his
elephant
accidently
stamped
on
an
ant
hill.
The
prasadam
is
puttumann
which
is
the
anthill
sand
and
people
dissolve
in
water
and
drink
for
cure
them
from
ailments.
Devotees
facing
problems
with
the
poisonous
creatures
like
lizard,snakes
offer
silver
plated
pieces
of
those
creatures
embossed
into
it
for
solutions.
A
temple
built
in
the
10th
century
A.D
by
Pandya
king
Ukkra
Pandiyan.
It
poses
as
an
example
of
marvellous
architecture
that
the
sunlight
of
dawn
enters
the
sanctum
of
Lord
Sankaralinga
Swamy
on
the
days
of
equinox
viz.,
21,22
&
23rd
days
of
the
months
of
March
and
September
every
year.
The
ten
days
festival
in
the
month
of
July
known
as
Adi
Tapasu
commemorating
the
penance
done
by
Gomathi
Amman,
the
consort
of
Lord
Sankaralinga
Swamy
attracts
a
lot
of
devotees.
This
temple
is
the
chief
of
Panchabootha
Sthalas
of
South,
the
five
places
each
of
which
represents
one
of
the
five
elements.
The
element
typified
here
is
Earth.
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