Sri Thirukameswarar Temple, Pothiramangalam

Address

Sri Thirukameswarar Temple, Pothiramangalam, Tittakudi, Cuddalore – 606 111.

Diety

Thirukameswarar, Amman: Araamutham (no idol)

Introduction

Pothiramangalam is on the way to Tittakkudi from Pennadam.The temple, which had a large perimeter wall in the middle of the town, was left to fall into disrepair over time. The localstogether have made the ruined temple the size of the one in the picture, no Ambikai temple, no other shrines, no idols. At the end of the story, Arichandran’s son was bitten by a snake and died. Arichandran’s helpless wife carried her son’s corpse alone and went to the cemetery mourning. She did not even have the money to pay the taxes due for cremating her son’s body. Neither Arichandran nor his wife, who were guarding the crematorium, recognized each other. Arichandran, who claimed that he had no money to pay taxes, saw Tali around her neck. He looked at her and told her to sell Athali and pay the tax.HoweverArichandran, who was on duty, refused to cremate the body without tax.His wife had only one saree. She tore one half of it and wrapped it around her son’s body. The other half covered her body. Arichandran agreed that the body could be cremated if it if the tax was paid. When she complied and tried to take off her sari, Vishnu, the gods and the sage Vishwamitra appeared before them. They praised him for his commitment to the truth and resurrected his son. It is also said that the place where this took place was the town of Sudukadu. # “With the kind permission of Sri Kadambur K. Vijayan, these are extracted from his posts”.