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Vaitheeswaran Koil is a Hindu temple dedicated to the Shiva, located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [3] Shiva is worshipped as Vaidyanathar or Vaitheeswaran meaning the "God of healing" and it is believed that prayers to Vaitheeswaran can cure diseases. Vaitheeswaran is a Tamil derivative from vaidya (Doctor) and Ishvara (God/Master).
The temple is located in Keelaperumpallam, a village located 2 km (1.2 mi) from Poompuhar and 93 km (58 mi) from Thanjavur on the Thanjavur - Poompuhar road. [5] The temple has a recently built flat rajagopuram surrounded by single prakaram, closed precincts of the temple.
Vaitheeswaran Koil has five inscriptions mainly belonging to the period of Kulothunga Chola I (1070-1120 CE). [7] The inscription on the steps of Subramanya shrine records the shutter of the sluice at Sattainathapuram measures 35 inches in length and 8 inches in breadth. [8]
3 km west of Vaitheeswaran Koil, on the south bank of the Kollidam River Thiruvenkadu 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southeast of Sirkazhi Thirukattupalli: 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) from the Thiruvenkadu temple Thiruchaaikkaadu 3 km south of the Thiruvenkadu temple, on the Sirkazhi–Poompuhar road Pallavaneecharam
Kuntaleswarar temple is accessible by road from Vaitheeswaran Koil, which is about 11km from the temple. [3] A tributary of Cauvery, Ganapathy Theertham, runs alongside this temple. Kuntaleswarar temple is considered to be the 28th in the series of the Tevara Padal Petra Stalams located in Chola Nadu, north of the river Kaveri. [4]
[3]: 182 Vaitheeswaran Koil, near Sirkazhi, is one of the temples the adheenam maintains. [4] Arunachala Kavirayar a Tamil poet and a composer of Carnatic music in the 18th Century CE studied both Tamil and Sanskrit in this adheenam. The head of Mutt was so pleased with Kavirayar and even considered making Arunchala as his successor.
As of 2001 India census, [1] Vaitheeswarankoil had a population of 7522. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Vaitheeswarankoil has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 67%.
[citation needed] These Nadi leaves were obtained by the families of astrologers at the Vaitheeswaran Temple and have been passed down the years from one generation to the other. This entire science is kept as the deepest and the darkest secret. These secrets are often kept to the specific community i.e. the Valluvars and Vanniyars.