Vaimoornathar Temple, Tiruvaimur

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.

Tradition holds that the Chola king Mucukunta, choosing rightly among seven identical Thyagaraja images given by Indra, had one of the remaining six installed at Thiruvaimur.