This rather old temple near Swamimalai, on the Kumbakonam-Tiruvaiyaru road, has no known sthala puranam, but does have some interesting stories as to how the place as also the deity, came to be named. But what is rather unusual about the iconography of Chandikeswarar at this temple? Continue reading Mahalingaswami, Thyagasamudram, Thanjavur