The Jeeva
samadhi of Sage Vyagrapureeswarar is situated in Kasi Viswanatha Swamy Temple
attached to the Brahmapureeswarar temple about half a km away. He has installed
the Kasi Vishwanathar Swamy in this temple. Once there was no water in
Tirupattur for performing the daily pujas. Sage Vyakrapada saw Airavatam, the
white elephant of Lord Indra, carrying water for the puja of Lord Jambukeswarar
of Tiruvanaikaval. He asked Airavatam to give him some water for the puja. The
elephant refused. The angry sage who had hands and feet of a tiger dug the
ground with his claws till water gushed out. He used this water to perform the
puja. The tank so created by him is called " Pulipal Theertham".
Bathing here on full moon day cures one of all skin ailments.
The
Jeeva samadhi of Sage Vyakrapada is found encased in glass. Another very
important feature of this temple is the Jeeva samadhis of Saints Pathanjali and
Vyakarapadhar. While Shiva performs the Ananda Thandava between the horns of
Nandi, there are two saints who witness it - Pathanjali and Vyakrapada. Both
their Jeeva samadhis are found here. It is supposed to be very beneficial to
perform Upanayanam in this town.
