There is a dedicated shrine for Sri Saraswathi and She is worshipped as Sri Veena Vidyambika, Sri Dakshina Murthy, a form of Sri Shiva is in another sanctum and the Murthy appears in female form as Kadamba Vana Dakshina Roopini. It is considered auspicious for Makam Star born devotees to worship Sri Thillai Kali Devi. Sri Thillai Kali is the Deity for Makam Star. Special pujas are done to the Deities in the Rahu Kalams, Pournami and Amavasya.

This Shrine is always kept covered with a screen and the screen is sided only during archana and deepa aradhana. In the east facing Shrine, Sri Kali appears in ferocious form named Sri Thillai Kali. The west facing Shrine has Sri Kali as Santha Swaroopini in the form of Sri Brahma Chamundeswari. There are two main shrines for Sri Kali in this temple. She had assumed the pacified form with four heads and is called as Sri Brahma Chamundeswari. Sri Brahma had pacified Her by chanting Vedas. However, She got angry and left the place assuming the form of Kali. When He did Urdhva Thandav, he had lifted His leg above His head but Sri Parvathi could not lift Her leg beyond a limit. Sri Parvathi had excelled each of the dance moves of Sri Shiv. What commenced as playful became ferocious as each wanted to portray supremacy. Sri Thillai Kali and Sri NatarajĪs per the legend, once there was a dancing contest between Sri Shiv and Sri Parvathi. The main Deity Sri Kali is also called as Sri Pidariyar, Sri Thillai Vanam Udaya Paremeshwari and Thillai Thiruchitrambala Mahakali. It is believed that this temple was built in 13 th Century C.E by Sri Kodava Koperunchingan. This Kali temple is dedicated for the worship of Sri Kali, one of the manifestations of Sri Durga Devi. Sri Thillai Kali Temple is situated at Chidambaram Town at about three to four kilometers from Sri Nataraja Temple.

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