VIPs volunteer to have association with Swathi starrers.  They enjoy deep sleep with pleasant dreams.  They are sharp in thinking and action.  Love luxuries.  Trustworthy. There are shrines for Acharya Sri Sankara Baghwatpada and Mahalakshmi.

Besides Swathi people generally worshipping for relief from adverse planetary effects, those facing obstacles in marriage proposals and those suffering from cardiac problems pray to Lord for solutions.

Wedding worship is mainly followed in this temple.  A king, while commencing the renovation of the temple, found the idol of Mother, named Her Poonguzhali and erected a shrine.  Those facing obstacles in their marriage proposals, perform abishek to Lord with gooseberry powder, juice and seeds and milk to Lord and offer green vastras and bangles to Mother and light ghee lamps. Nandhi in the temple does not have the nose rope as it is soft in appearance.

There are carvings of some Siddhas in the pillars ensuring longevity to devotees.  Padukkai Jadamudi Siddha and Prana Deepika Siddhas are in the Nandhi shrine pillars.  Those facing heart trouble light ghee lamps in this shrine. This is the temple for Swathi starrers.  Special abisheks are performed for Lord Muruga on Aadi and Thai Kruthika days and Panguni Uthiram day.  On the Karthika festival day, lamps are lit for all the 27 stars with special pujas.  10 day Margazhi festival is grandly celebrated.  The wedding festival for Lord Nataraja and Mother Sivakami is celebrated on Margazhi Tiruvadhirai day.  Those expecting to be married, worship on this day with all faith.

The sacred word Swathi has in it the combined graceful powers of Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu.  The letter ‘Va’ is in Namasivaya Mantra.  It also contains the sacredness of the seed letters in the names of Vishnu – Sundararajar, Vasudeva and Trivikrama.  Swathi starrers are advised to worship in the Chithukadu temple filled with the combined grace of Shiva and Vishnu.  They are advised to offer curd rice nivedhana with gooseberry pickle, tamarind rice and offer the same to the poor for a prosperous life.

Two great Siddhas, Padukkai Jadamudi Siddha and Prana Deepika Siddha performed penance in this place.  They installed a Shivalinga under a Gooseberry tree and named in Nelliappar.  Thathiri in Sanskrit means gooseberry and the Tamil name is Nelli.  As the place is fragrant, it is also called Tirumanam-good fragrance.  It is called Siddhar Kadu as Siddhas lived here.  In the days that followed it is Chitukadu now.