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Thirukkalambur is a village located in Pudukkottai District of Tamil Nadu. It is approx. 80 km from Thiruchirapalli (Trichy) and 40 km from Pudukkottai. The nearest towns are Ponnamaravathy and Singampunari (approx. 10 km).
The salient feature of this place is about the two ancient temples situated here, which was built approx. in the 10th century A.D. by the king "Thondaiman". The name of one of the temple is "Sri Kathali Vaneshwarar temple" or "Sri Vaithiyanathan temple" and the other one is " Sri Perumal temple".
There is a myth about the origin of these temples:
Once this place was a dense forest with banana trees. So it was an hunting spot for the rulers at that time. During the 10th century, Mr. Thondaiman was the ruler of this place. While he was hunting, his horse's paw knocked on an unusual rock in that land. The king then noticed a blood like fluid oozed out from that rock. Subsequently he became ill. Later he perceived an oracle in his dream which said about the medicine to cure his sickness and informed him to build a temple in that place for Lord Shiva. He got cured and built these temples and named them as mentioned above. ""Vaithiyanathan"" is a Tamil name which means, the leader who can heal any disease.
Inside of the Temple there are many Banana trees. No one will watering for that trees. They get water from rain only. But they will be greenery at the Summer Season also. They are at there till the 10th century. No one will touch the Trees. Because, it is believed that, if we touch the tree then we will get "VenKushtam" or "Skin disease". The fruits will not be eaten by anyone. It is for God only. They will give that fruits to Cow after the Boojai. The Old Temple is now called as, Sri Perumal Temple, as a Vishnu Temple. But, the God inside the Temple is Sivalingam. This temple has been undertaken by TamilNadu Archeological Department. This is a sample of the Quote THIRUMOOLAR.
Because of horse's paw knocked on the Lord Siva, this village was named as Thirukkulambur (in Tamil, 'kulambu' means animal's paw). This name got changed as Thirukkalambur in years. Thirukkalambur is also denoted as Maraimaan Vikrama Pandiya Nallur in the temple's Stone Inscriptions. The reason for this name can be a great theme for history students.
There are some other village Temples like Sri Kodiyeri Amman. There is an unauthenticated tradition that, at the time of the ‘ Poligar War’ of 1799, the famous Kattabomman of Panchalankurichchi and his dumb brother had taken refuge in the jungles of Tondaiman territory near Thirukkalambur .