Melakadambur is a village located 31 kilometres (19 mi) from Chidambaram, and can reach at 6 km from Kattumannarkoil, Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, India.

This historical novel appeared in serial in the Tamil weekly Kalki, in the name of the author, many times and attracted many readers.

There are 63 shrines along the North bank of River Kaveri, including Melakadambur that lists as the 34th.

In Treta Yuga, Surya, Chandra, Indira, Romarishi, Ashtaparvathas and Parvatharajan came to worship.

The shrine Goddess Jothiminnammai seems as Kalaimagal in morning and Thirumagal in evening and Malaimagal in night.

When Narasimhavarma Pallavan won the war on Chalukya, a Ganapati statue was brought from the Chalukyan capital of Vatapi — by Sirutondar.

A special idol kept in this temple, called Dasa Bhuja Rishaba Thandavamoorthy, depicts Lord Shiva dancing on a bull with all ten hands spread and holding weapons, with all Devas surrounding his feet.

This is believed to be a Pala dynasty idol that came to Tamil Nadu-Melakadambur along with victorious King Rajendra Chola I of the Bengal war.

Panguni—Sooriya pooja on 3,4,5 at early sunrise In Kadambur temple the moolasthanam is made up as a chariot-like structure.

On that structure's south side is a stone statue of Dakshinamurthy who is sitting on a bull below a banyan tree.