Tiruvidaimarudur
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Tiruvidaimarudur is a town in Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu state, India.
About 9 km (5.6 miles) north-east of the Temple City Kumbakonam, this is one of the Taluk H.Q. in the Tanjore District. Tiruvidaimarudur has a rich heritage of fertility and people have habit of harvesting thrice in a year. Sometimes the River Cauvery makes a fourth harvest possible..
Tiruvidaimarudur has a Siva Temple namely Mahalingha Swamy with Goddess Brahchandragujambal. The Nandhi in the Temple is one of the mightiest in the district, of course it is not made of single stone that is why it is not weighted more than the Brahdeshwara Temple at Tanjore though it is bigger in size than that.
Tiruvidaimarudur is the birth place of the Hindu Saint "Pattinathar" - in the mediæval period - whose lyrics been one of the renowned for realizing self in Hindu mythology. This temple also known for giving moksha to King Varaguna Pandiya from his "Brahmahati Thosha", and there is a belief still prevalent that any kind of evil spirit will leave when you touch the place. There is lot of asylams for the mentally retarded people who been cured through ayurvedic medicines and taking a holy dip at the temple's tank situated in front.
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When his sister, embarrassed to see him wander like a beggar, wanted to eliminate him by placing poison inside sweetmeat, Pattinaththar threw the sweetmeats on her house roof saying " தன்வினை தன்னைச்சுடும் ஓட்டப்பம் வீட்டைச்சுடும் " and instantly the house roof caught fire and in the ensuing flames that engulfed the premises, the entire house was reduced to ashes.
