Worship to recover What is lost   :   This holy place is situated at the north-east side of Chidambaram Nataraja temple.  On the right side of Murugan’s sanctum is Viswanathar.  Nearby is the sanctum of Visalakshi facing south. Devotees, to retrieve the wealth lost and to gain the lost job or demotion in service for known or unknown reasons worship Lord Siva here. They adorn Lord Siva with clothes and offer tamarind rice or pongal, and to Visalakshi Ambigai they offer vadai and sweet rice, chant Lalitha Sahasranamam and worship.

Especial Brahma   :   It is said that Lord Indra worshipped the Lord on the first Sunday of Kaarthigai month and was blessed.  Hence, it is vital to offer worship on this day.  In the month of Kaarthigai 108 ‘Sangaabhishekam’ (Conch Abhishekam) is performed.  Generally, in the Siva temples’ koshtam (surrounding wall) Lord Brahma is seen in standing posture with folded hands. But here, he is seen in sitting posture worshipping with folded hands.  His darshan is special. Another crucial aspect is Devi Durga appearing with eight hands.  On the eigth day (ashtami) of the bright moon fortnight, special abishekam and pooja are performed to her.

Honey offering   :   With five faces at the front and one at the back, Lord Muthukumarar appears seated on ‘Indra Peacock’.  Special abhishekam is conducted on krithigai days. ‘Sathru samhara Trisathi’ pooja is carried on every Tuesday.  At that time, all his six faces are garlanded with red oleander flowers, offerings are provided to each face and ‘deepaarathanai’ (lamp-service) is conducted individually. Honey is presented as principal offering and the same is distributed as ‘prasadam’.  Because he is the husband of Valli, born in mountainous region, he is offered honey.

New Moon Pooja  :   At the front mandapam is Ayyappan’s sanctum with 18 steps. On the first days of Tamil months he receives special poojas and abhishekam.  Swami takes his procession at that time.  Nataraja at the front mandapam takes his procession twice a year on Aani Tirumanjanam and Maarkali Tiruvathirai days.  Usually, on the eighth (ashtami) days of dark moon fortnight only Bhairavar has special poojas.  Here the pooja is performed in the night of New Moon day.  At the prakaaram, is the sanctum of Nagaraaja with five serpents, under the statue of five-hooded Serpent.  On both the sides are the two ‘Naaga Kannigas’ (Serpent Ladies).  Devotees who face hurdles in getting married due to ‘Naaga Dosham’ and ‘Kalathra Dosham’ worship the Naagar here by offering red cloth and maangalyam (thaali) to Naagar.  At the prakaaram are the sanctum of Aadhi Vinayagar, Balasubrahmanyar, Mahalakshmi, Sanneswarar and Navagraham.