Vaidyanathapura is a village situalte 2 kilometers from maddur town in Mandya district of the state of Karnataka in India. The village houses the famous temple of Vaidyanatheswara.
Situated on the banks of the shimsha river ( A tributory of Kaveri river) has a great history behind it. The temple is managed by the Dixith family and present Archak is Radhakrishna Deekshit. He is ably assisted by his son Shanmukhasundara Deekshit in managing of this temple. Earlier to this, the temple was managed by Shri Subbakrishna Deekshit (brother of Radhakrisha Deekshit)and his uncle Shri Shankara Deekshit before that his brothers Shri Nanjudha Deekshit and Shri Sundra Deekshit was managing the temple with very high Shiva-Agama tredition. During early part of 19th centurey his father Shri Subbha Deekshit was managing the temple. During the period of Shri Nanajudha Deekshit and Shri Sundra Deekshit, temple was developed,Temple gopura was built for Sri Parvathi gudi. This was one of the first villages in the district get electric lights. Then Dewan of Mysore Sri M Mirza Ismil visited this teample and helped in carrying out development work in the banks of river shimsha at the foot of the temple entrance. Legend says that the ruling deity has cured many illnesses and a great solace to his devotees and has been keeping them safe and happy.