Sri Pandi Muneeswarar Temple

Sthala katha — the traditional account

What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.

It is said that Valliammal and Periyasamy unearthed an image eight feet down near Mattuthavani after a bearded sage appeared in a dream declaring himself Pandyan Nedunchezhiyan, doing penance for the injustice done to Kovalan; the temple was raised where the image was found.