Vaitheeswarankoil

This town is 3 kms from the town of Sirkazhi and is about 245 kms from Chennai.

The Shiva Linga in the Vaitheeswarankoil temple is called Vaidyanatha Swamy and the Ambal - Thaiyalnayaki. Within the Sannidhi of Vaidyanatha Swamy, one can find Muthukumaraswamy, Dakshinamurthi, Navagrihas in a straight line, Durgai, Sattanathaswamy, Jatayu Kundam, Valanchuzhi Pillayar and Utsava Murthi of Angaragan. In the outer Praharam, one can find a separate Sannidhi for Angaragan or Sevvai and Pazhani Andavar.

This temple is considered to be Sevvai Sthalam and for devotees to pray for good health. As evident from the name of the Moolavar Himself, Vaidyanatha Swamy is like a Divine Doctor blessing devotees with good health. Muthukumaraswamy prepares the medicines for Vaidyanatha Swamy. One can get Saandhurundai (small balls of Vibhuthi) from the Swamy Sannidhi and this prasadam is taken like a medicine by devotees.

In this temple, devotees also offer salt and pepper to the Lord asking for good health. They also dissolve small bits of jaggery in the temple kulam so that their diseases also are washed away.

The temple is considered to be kula deivam by many families who trace their ancestry to Thanjavur-Mayavaram area. This town is also famous for "Nadi Josiam". In Nadi Josiam, a person's thumb print is used to identify "Ola Chuvadi" (scripts on parchments) which give details of a person's lineage, previous birth details etc.