Tiruviyalur temple has a five tiered Rajagopuram and two prakarams. The temple houses festival images of the Tirududevankudi temple nearby. Vilvam, Vanni, Punnai, Magizhamaram, Aalamaram, Nelli, Arasamaram are the trees found in this temple. 97 inscriptions are seen in this temple dating way back to Parantaka Chola I. Rajaraja Chola I and Rajendra Chola I made several endowments to this temple. Tiruviyalur is the 43rd of the Tevara Stalams in Chola Nadu located North of the river Kaveri. Brahma took a mortal form, worshipped and merged with Shiva here. It is believed that Agasthyar worshipped Shiva during Shivaratri.
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(Last Updated on : 4/12/2009)