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Lord Muruga worshipped Lord Shiva here. This is a Shiva temple with more prominence to Lord Muruga.

Lord Muruga appears here to teach the great lesson that one should know that the first Gods are the Mother and Father.  He is seen praying to Lord Shiva and Mother Parvathi to illustrate this great lesson.

Lord Muruga created a tank here with His weapon Vael to worship His parents. 

Normally, mother Parvati is seen facing North in almost all Shiva temples; however, here  Mother Adhinayaki is facing South.

Lord Nataraja appears here as Chaturathandavamurthy. This is a very rare pose of Lord Nataraja!

According to a story, a Chola King came to this spot in search of water to quench his thirst after hunting.  He found a sugar cane with three branches and wanted to squeeze and drink the juice.  When he broke it, blood sprang from the sugarcane and after digging the ground, a Shiva Linga was found.  The king built a temple on the spot.

Lord Subrahmanya Swami shrine is on the backside of the Siva's shrine. He is giving darshan with His two consorts, Sri Valli and Devayanai. Beside Them, Their vahanam Peacock is facing the left, looking at Goddess Devayanai. 

Lord Surya with his two consorts Ushadevi and Sayadevi is in a standing position, and all other eight grahas are in standing position facing Lord Surya.

After protecting sage Arunagiriar when he fell from the tower of the Tiruvannamalai temple, Lord Muruga gave the first line to enable him to sing His praise and directed him to come to Vayalur.

Arunagiriar came to Vayalur, worshipped Poiya Ganapathy, and had the darshan of Lord Muruga-Subrahmanya.  Lord Muruga wrote the Pranava Mantra on the tongue of Arunagiriar with His weapon Vael.

Lord Muruga blessed sage Arunagiriar with the gift of pouring countless hymns in praise of Him, Tirupugazh, Kandar Anubhuthi, Kandar Alangaram, etc. in chaste Tamil of highest poetic and spiritual standards.  

Every word in the hymns of Arunagiriar is an outpouring of his realization of God, which cannot be thought of or attempted even by the best poet laureate of the language. 

This temple was built by Cholas in the 9th Century. Later Thirumuruga Kirupananda Variyar helped a lot to renovate this temple.

In the deva goshta walls of Siva Temple ASI found more than 20 inscriptions They all contain evidence to say that this temple has received by royal benefactions of the Cholas etc. and other chieftains. Most of the endowments are for to provide pooja lamps etc, and for the expenditure towards furnishing with ornaments to idols and deities during festival day.

Vayalur village is surrounded by green paddy fields and rich green foliage of coconut groves. Main temple is facing east and the main entrance into this graceful Temple is through a gateway of Rajagopuram directly leading into the inner temple precincts.

The majestic Rajagopuram is consisting of five Anganams. In front of the temple, on Southeast side there is a holy bathing tank known as Sakthi Theertham (Agni Theertham). Legend says that Lord Muruga Himself had created this tank by using His Velayutham.

Entering into the temple one can see the Sthalavirksham "Vanni Tree" and in the specious prakara mandapam, puranic pictures depicting Kandapuranam can be seen. Proceeding further one finds the shrine of Lord Ganesa, Dwajasthambam, Balipeedam and the statue of Nandhi facing towards sanctum sanctorium of Lord Athinathar(Sivalingam), the presiding diety and in another temple, Goddess Athinayaki facing southside.

Lord Subramaniya swamy shrine is on the backside of the Siva's shrine. He is giving darshan with His two consorts, Sri Valli and Deivayanai. All are in a standing position. Beside Them Their vahanam Peacock is facing left side looking Sri Deivayanai. It is called Devendra mayil. It is a rare sculpture. Daily poojas are commenced only after Lord Muruga worshipped His parants (Athinathar and Athinayaki). That is why; Lord Siva is also called as KumaraPoojithanathar. He is also praised by the names of Vidanga peruman, Mahadevar and Agneeswarar.

Particular mention has to be made here about Navagrahas, which are in the northeast corner of the temple.

While the shrine Suriya with his two consorts (Devies) Ushadevi and Sayadevi are in standing position, all other eight grahas are in standing position facing towards Surya. It is believed that all dhoshas (misfortunes) caused by these grahas are being wiped out by the blessings of Lord Surya as well as by Lord Muruga.

The Chathura Thandava posture of Lord Nataraja is worth seeing. Thiruvasi and Muyalagan (dwarf-demon) at His feet are not found. Very rare idol.