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Deities
Vaidyanātha of Vaidhīśvaran Koyil
Vaidyanātha — Shiva the divine physician
Vaidyanātha — Shiva the divine physician
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Hindu / Shaiva / Tamil
Vaidhīśvaran Koyil ("temple of the physician") is a Paadal Petra Sthalam AND one of the 9 Navagraha temples — specifically for Aṅgāraka (Mars). Pilgrims suffering from skin diseases, infertility, planetary afflictions come specifically. The Nāḍi Jyotisha tradition — predictions based on palm-leaf manuscripts — is centered here; ~100 hereditary Nāḍī readers operate. Temple-tank bathing is said to cure disease.
India's sacred landscape embraces Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Zoroastrian, tribal, regional-folk traditions — each with its own cosmology and priestly lineage. This entry honours Hindu on its own terms.
