Probably over 2500 years old, is the oldest city in Tamil Nadu, its origin and emerged from the mists of the lovely legend. In a forest near a tout's pond, Indra - the king of gods, worshipped Lord Shiva as a Swayambu Lingum. At this hallowed spot, the Pandyan monarch, Kulasekhara, built a great temple by clearing the forest, he created a lotus shaped around the temple.