KANAPPA
                   
                        Kannappa Nayanaar, a hunter is said to have been a great devotee of Kalahasteeswarar. Legend has it that he offered his own eyes to the Shivalingam, and for this reason earned the name Kannappan (his original name being Thinna. Nakkiradevar, Indra, Rama, Muchukunda and others are believed to have worshipped Shiva at this temple.