Sri Bava Oushadheeshwara temple at Thiruthuraipoondi

Thiruthuraipoondi is a big town south of Tiruvarur . The temple is referred to Periya koil.The temple is not exactly a saptha vidangam but Thyagaraja sannidhi and a Maragatha lingam are present here
 How to Reach:
The town can easily be reached from either Tiruvarur or Nagapatinam.it is also Close to Vedaranyam.It is at the Junction of the ECR and the Tiruvarur to Vedranyam road,
Legends of the temple:
The rishis in Tharukavanam were becoming very arrogant and so Shiva and Vishnu came as Mohini and Bhikshandar The rishis were humiliated as they created a huge elephant to attack Shiva who killed the elephant and got the title Gajasamhara murthy,  this act dissolved the ego of the rishis and rishi patnis making them realise they are but small characters in the great cosmos in front of Shiva and Vishnu.
The ambal Periya nayaki of this temple brought back to life the  asura husband(Virupakshan)  of Shiva devotee Jalika.Though Virupakshan was a bad demon the goodness in Jalika bore fruit and the goddess blessed her with mangalya bagyam.
The temple is very easy to find at the end of the ECR

There are two temples here one for the main Shivan facing west and the one for ambal facing east
As we enter the Shiva temple complex we find the Murugan sannidhi and the Gajasamharamurthy    followed by the entrance to the inner praharam with Thyagaraja sannidhi on the right
The inner praharam has the shivan and the various Koshta vigrahas and upa vigrahas as belowseen below are the durga and Guru as the Shiva is west facing the Koshta vigrahas are reversed
As we come out we cross to the ambal sannidhi complex on the right facing east
Below is the second ambal sannidhi Mangalanayaki  inside facing south
Below are some pictures from Dinamalar.com of this temple

The Gajasamhara murthy
 
Ambal Periyanayagi
And the Maragada Lingam

Thiru Idayatranadhar temple at T.Edayur- A padal petra sthalam

One of the many padal petra sthalam of sri Sundarar the temple is situated close to Tiruvennainallur and Thirukoilur on the Thiruvennainallur Thirukoilur road at about 5 kms from Thiruvennainallur and 10 kms before Thirukoilur.
The Gramam temple is also close by so also Naavalur the birth place of Sundarar and Thiruthuraiyur his place of enlightenment. Sri Sundarar was also known as Van thondar the poet who was a comrade  in arms with lord Shiva.The entire belt from Thiruvadhigai in the east to Thirukoilur in the west  around Vizhupuram has all these temples with in 20 kms of each other.There area lot of Narasimha temples also in between.
The temple is very easy to reach either from NH 45from Vizhupuram side or from Thirukoilur side. At arasur crossing on NH 45 after vizhupuram take a turn towards thiruvennainallur. you will cross gramam temple (Mundiswram) and reach Thiruvennainallur, Here take a right to reach Thirukoilur and about 5 kms you will reach the temple on the left.

Legends and Stories:
Sukha Brahman was born here as the son of  Sage Vyasa. He accidently overheard the divine gospel being taught to Parvaty who cursed him to be born with a parrot face.there is a small enclosure for him here
As you enter the main temple gopuram there is no kodimaram
The temple has Shiva Marundeshwarar @ Idai atru eashwarar in the east facing west hence the koshta vigrahas are all reversed . The main praharam has a 3 feet Shiva lingam with statues of the 5 savants

The praharam has a door leading to ambal sannidhi. The ambal Sri.Gnanambikai is facing east
The outer praharam has  sannidhis for the usual koshta vigrahas but in reverse order as Shiva is facing west
The statue of Suka brahma rishi is seen under the tree
there are sannidhis for Ganapathy, ,Navagraha and Sapthamathas.
The ambal Gnanambikai sannidhi also has an outside entrance
There is an additional ganesha sannidhi in front of the Ambal sannidhi
Murugan has a seperate sannidhi inside the mandapam seen as you enter the temple on the left