Theeyathur Sahasralakshmeeswarar 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.

Vishnu is said to have worshipped Shiva here with a thousand lotuses and, finding himself one short, offered his own eye; Shiva later gave darshan to Mahalakshmi when she made the same thousand-flower offering.