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During the Maha Pralaya floods calamity destroying the world, Lord Shiva clothed with 64 arts, using a boat of Ohm Moola Mantra was travelling on the flood waters with Mother Uma.  He saw this place-Sirkazhi unaffected by the floods and alive.

He chose this place and stayed with the name Thoni Appar-God with the boat.  

Lord Brahma worshipped Lord Shiva here in the form of Linga-Brahma Pureeswarar.

Lord Vishnu had to face adverse dosha for punishing emperor Mahabali.  To prove that Shiva and Vishnu are not different but one, Shiva wore the skin of Vishnu as a shirt. Hence, He is Sattainathar here.

 Lord graces here in three forms as Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Lord Brahma Pureeswarar is at the ground floor. Lord Thoni Appar is in the first floor level of the temple, while Lord Sattainathar in the top-most floor of the temple.

Sirkazhi is the place, where Lord taught spiritual lessons to Mother Parvathi  during the Maha Pralaya period.  This is the 11th Shakti Peetas where Mother graces as Mahalakshmi.

This  is the only temple where Brahma-Saraswthi, Shiva-Parvathi and Vishnu-Mahalakshmi and the procession deity bless the devotees from the sanctum sanctorum as in Mount Kailash.

Lord Bhairava graces in the temple in His eight forms as Asithanga Bahairava, Guru Bhairava, Chanda Bhairava, Krotha Bhairava, Unmatha Bhairava, Samhara Bhairava, Peeshana Bhairava and Akhala Bhairava.  The place is as great as Kasi. 

The Jeeva Samadhi – monument of Sattai Muni Siddha one of the 18 siddhas is in the temple .

Sage Romasa performed penance in Mount Kailash on Lord Shiva.  He prayed to Lord that He should grant the Kailash darshan to people of South.  Meantime, a contest arose between Vayu and Adisesha about their might.  Adisesha covered the whole Kailash.  

Vayu could not move the mount.  At the request of Devas, Adisesha slightly raised one of his heads to yield in to Vayu.  Thus a small part of the mount was brought to this place by 20 birds. 

This is a three tier hill temple.  Lord Brahmma Pureeswarar and Mother Tirumalai Nayaki bless the devotees from the base temple.  This is praised as Lingamurtham. 

Lord Brahma became proud thinking that He was greatest among the Murthis.  To teach Him a lesson, Lord made him forget the Pranava Mantra.  Realizing His folly, Brahma worshipped Lord Shiva here and got his memory restored.  

As Brahma worshipped here, the place is known as Brahmapuram and Lord as Brahma Pureeswarar.

In the middle temple Mother Uma and Lord Maheswarar bless the devotees.  He is also praised as Thoni Appar. 

Tirugnana Sambandar, one of the Saivite Gurus, was born to Shivapada Hrudayar and Bagavati Ammai.  He is regarded as the incarnation of Lord Muruga.  He is praised as Ilaya Pillayar-younger son.  He came to Brahma Theertham with his father. 

 The father left the boy on the bank of the tank and went for a bath. Hungry child began to cry for food.  Lord Shiva asked Mother Parvathi to feed the boy.  Mother not only fed the little boy with milk but with wisdom too blended in the milk.

Sambandar was happy and sat on the steps of the tank with the milk spots on the face.  Shivapad Hrudayar blamed the boy for accepting the milk from somebody.  When the father was about to beat the boy, he showed  the divine parents who fed him. 

 Shivapada Hrudayar’s joy knew no bounds to hear the truth.  The little child’s first hymn “Thodudaya Sevian” was born here to enrich the spiritual literature of Tamil. 

Gnana Sambandar had sung 67 pathigams of 10 verses each, Tirunavukkarasar 3 pathigams and Sundarar one pathigam on Lord of Sirkazhi temple.

Lord Shiva is a swayambumurthy in the temple. 

 The enlargement of the original temple happened during the period of Kulothunga Chola I, Vikrama Chola, Kulothunga Chola II and Kulothunga Chola III (as in Chidambaram - 11th through the 13th centuries).