Andarkoil Swarnapureewarar 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.

The story goes that the minister Kandadevar found a shivalinga after Shiva appeared to him in a dream and built a temple over it, and that King Muchukunda had him beheaded before realising his error and restoring him to life.