Among the nine planets, Budhan Baghawan worshipped in Thiruvenkadu Temple will give bliss. Evil effects by Mercury are usually failure in business, set back in profession, lack of mental calibre, and transfer from native place, getting caught in quarrels. Worshipping this god on Wednesdays by offering green color items will get rid of all these difficulties.

Location: This temple is located 15kms away from Vaitheeswaran Kovil, on the Sirkali-Poompuhar road.

Importance of this temple: This temple is quite large and all four important Saivite saints have sung in praise of this lord.This temple is especially known for its unique incarnate of Lord Shiva called "Agora Murthi". He is one of the main god who is being prayed in this village.

This temple has 3 pools, 3 Gods (Brahma, Vishnu and Sivan). It is a belief that who takes bath in all these pools, the one will be free from their problems like diseases, delay in marriage, etc...

This temple is among the six temples in cauvery river bank which are equivalent to Kasi. The list of temples on cauvery river bank which are equivalent to have powers of kasi visvanatha temple are mentioned below.

There is a separate Sannidhi for Bhudhan in this temple. This god grants power of expression and success in education, literary pursuits, fame in fine arts, and profession and good relations with scholars. This temple is also called Adhi Chidambaram and the Chidambara Rahasyam is also found here. As seen in Chidambaram, Vishnu is near Nataraja to make the devotes understand that "Hari and Shivan are one and the same".

Temple Timings 6 A. M to 12 noon and 4 P.M to 9 P.M.