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- Sthala PuranLord Siva and Lordess Parvathidevi incarnated as the great saint Jamadhgani and his wife Renukadevi and lived on this world. Visu, Viswas, Viswarupan, Paramjothi and Parasuraman were their five sons. Parasuram was their last son.
It was a daily duty for Renukadevi to make a pot out of fresh mud and fetch water for saint Jamadhgani`s Poja. One day, she saw the reflection of a Kandharva on the water. She stood mesimersied by his beauty for a split of a second. The mud pot dissolved in the river. She tried again and again but invain. She realised her mistake and told her husband than an animal chased her and so she could`nt bring water. But the saint who guessed the real happenings, called out for his first four sons and asked them to cut off their mother`s head. They all refused and saint cursed them and called his last son Parasuram to do the duty. Parasuram asked for two boons from his father and later took his mother Renukadevi to the forest to chop off her head, He chased her mother who ran for life and she hid behind a Arundathi girl, who was cutting woods and begged for mercy. Parasuram warned the girl, but she did not oblige. In the heights of anger Parasuram chopped both heads together.
In great distress, he took the heads to his father. According to his granted boons, he brought his brother and mother back to life. But in confussion, he fixed his mothers head on the Arundathi girl body. Henceforth the deity was named Mariamman and the place Vettuvanam. A farmer who cultivated the land accidentally dropped the spade on the deity. Blood poured out like a river. A divine voice from the sky said ` I am Ellaiamman` and a temple was constructed in the place. Though the time and year cannot be judged precisely, it said that in 1961, this temple was one among the 2500 temples in Tamilnadu.
- ArchitectureRajakopuram
Tower Name - Rajakopuram
No.of Kalasam - 7
Lightning Arrester - Yes
Century - 19th Century
No.of Sudhai Sculptures - 500
Tower Description - Five stage and seven kalasam on the top of the Rajakopuram.
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