Sivanantheswarar Temple - For people who lost speech

Speech is very essential to communicate with all other people in this world and one will be severely affected if speech is lost due to medical, environmental or external factors.One has to write or one have to learn sign language to express their thoughts to others.

A temple called sivanantheswarar temple situated in a place called thirupandurai in thanjavur district is worshipped by people who lost their speaking ability.The temple is said to be more than 1000 years old.

People who lost their ability to speak take bath in mangala shrine and offer honey abishegam for lord muruga and archanai to lord shiva.This temple is situated at a distance of 12 kms from kumbakonam on the way to mayiladuthurai via eravancheri.