SOZHAPUREESWARAR TEMPLE
Distance: 20kms from Walajapet
Shiva: Sozhapureeswarar
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The name of the place according to the inscriptions is Sozhalingapuram.
The Chariot of a Chola King who was passing this way, which was a forest then, got stuck in a certain place. The legs of the horses in the Chariot was caught among the bushes. The King asked his men to clear the bushes. Among the bushes the Soldiers found a Shiva linga. The king who was a Shiva devotee constructed a temple for the Lord and named it as Chozheeswarar and the place was called Chozhalingapuram.
There are 5 inscriptions in the temple.
Chozhapureeswarar is a Suyambhu Linga.
This temple was damaged due to invasions and reconstructed and maintained well.
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