LEGEND
Sri Parasuraman or Bhargavaraman, the sixth incarnation of Lord Maha Vishnu is said to be the creator of the temple and he performed 'Prathishta'. The 'Tanthri' and one of the trustees of the temple belong to Bhargava gothram, which is said to be indicating the relationship between them and Sri Bhargavaraman.
This medieval temple then was in a state of dilapidation for centuries without pooja and daily offerings and the area was covered with dense forest throughout this period. Then, once upon a time, one 'chathan' and 'chakki', two tribals, were collecting forest wealth and they happened to witness a divine light. They got frightened and ran. 'Chathan' ran towards north and 'chakki' ran towards south and jumped into two ponds. Hence the two ponds came to know with their names and both the ponds can be seen nearby the temple.
This prompted the people to clean the area and they found two 'swayamboo lingams' and a well north of it. 'Devaprasnam' clarified that the lingams represented Lord Siva and Lord Vishnu. The present Garbhagriha (Srikovil) was built then. The root of the two lingams are said to be so long as to reach a deep well that is 10 meters away.
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