Lord of the temple is praised in the Thevaram hymns of
Saints Tirugnanasambandar and Tirunavukkarasar. This is the 14th Shiva
temple on the southern bank of Cauvery praised in Thevaram hymns.
An Asuran grabbed the Vedas from Lord Brahma and went deep
inside the sea, Sri Maha Vishnu to the Avathar and got back the Vedas from the
Asuran. All the Vedas which were along with the asuras, got the Dosham of being
along with them, as a result all the Vedas performed Tapas towards Siva
Perumaan of this sthalam, since all the Vedas performed tapas, this sthalam is
called as Tiru Vedhikkudi and Siva Perumaan is called as Vedhupureeswarar.
This sthalam is one of the Dosha nivarthi sthalam for
marriage, In Devaram, Gnana Sambandar says that this is one of the right temple
to visit regarding any doshams in marriage.
Sambandar also says that anyone who visits this sthalam and
requests for their wish towards the Perumaan will definitely happen.
Bhakthas who have marriage Dosham, visit this sthalam and
chant.
Kanniyanodu aadavargal... vedhikkudye....
In front of the Perumaan, after that, they by doing
abhishekam towards Perumaan will definitely get them a perfect life partner.
Once getting married, both the bride and groom visits this sthalam by
dedicating their Bhakthi as their wish is fulfilled.
Tirunnavukkarasar too says that this one of the Dosha
nivarthi sthalam.
The temple has a 3 tier Rajagopuram, one prakara with
Listening Vinayaka (Sevi Saitha Vinayaka). 108 Shivalinga, Lords Subramania,
Dakshinamurthy, Arthanareeswara, Nataraja, Mothers Durga and Mahalakshmi and
Sapthasthana Linga shrines are in the inner prakara.
There are also epigraphic evidences about the history of the temple belonging
to Rajakesari Varman and Koparakesari Varman period. The name of the Lord
is shown as Tiruvedhikudi Mahadevar, Parakesari Chaturvedi Mangala
Mahadevar. As Lord appeared from the plantain (Vazhai) field, He is also
praised as Vazhaimadu Nathar. Pallava kings too had done renovations to
the temple.
Saint Tirugnanasambandar had sung the glory of Lord in all
his hymns. In his pathigam (10 verses) worshipping the Lord of the
temple, in the seventh verse, he mentions His mercy on those aspiring an
auspicious wedding.
Generally, the Arthanareeswara form of Lord Shiva has Shakti on the left.
But with a view to give importance to womanhood, Lord is on the left and Mother
on the right in the Arthanareeswara form in this Tiruvedhikudi temple.
As Lord Brahmma (Vedhi) worshipped Lord Shiva here, the place is named
Tiruvedhikudi. Those worshipping Lord Vedapureeswarar will become
scholars in Vedas. The four Vedas Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva had
worshipped Lord in this temple. Lord Vinayaka, enjoying the sound of the
Vedas, listened to the recitation by leaning His ears with all attention. He thus assumed the name Veda Pillayar. As many scholars well versed in
Vedas live here, the place was also once known as Chaturvedi Mangalam.
Sun God, Indira, Sage Vyasa and Lord Vishnu had worshipped Shiva in this
temple. Surya Puja is performed in the temple on 13, 14 and 15th of
Panguni month to Sun God in (March-April).
A Chola king was much worried because of the delay in the
marriage of his daughter. He came to
this temple, worshipped Mother Mangayarkarasi seeking the wedding boon for his
daughter. The wedding took place shortly. Since the day, he changed the name of his
daughter as Mangayarkarasi as a token of his gratitude to Mother. He also did many renovations to the temple.
