Went to Nandhikeswara in the morning, met the younger brother of Sivavijay swami, Sivakathir swami – mostly to compliment them on yesterday’s Pradosham. They were trained under a guru in the Tamil Department of the SRM college in Chennai, and have followed his practices faithfully since. It is an all-Tamil koyil with no Sanskrit used. All functions are done in Tamil only.
Also visited the adjacent Gangai Vinayaka Koyil – part of the same temple “complex” though they now are 2 buildings with independent entries and no interconnections. Gangai Vinayaka’s story is based on the story of Ganga being from Agastya Muni’s kamandalam by Vinayaka in the form of a crow. This story is retold by the paintings on the ceiling.