The Kasi Visalakshi Viswanathar temple is in the village of Kunnuvarankottai, which is a neighbourhood in Dindigul in the State of Tamil Nadu in India.
[1] Kunnuvarankottai is a village near Batlagundu which is on the foothills of Kodaikanal in Dindigul district.
[2] Villagers believe that bathing in the confluence during holy days like Amavasya will enable the devotees to realise the purpose of life.
As per the temple legend, the locals say that this idol was brought by a devotee from Kasi or Varanasi.
Sri Sacchidananda Bharati I (1623–1663) the 25th acharya of Sringeri Sharada Peetham was born in this area and the annual birthday is celebrated in this temple every year in Sravana month Rohini star.