The over 700-year-old Maragathavalli Sri Veerajambukeswarar Koil, an ancient Sivan temple at Kunnathur village in Tiruvannamalai district, is to be renovated.

Falling within the Polur division, the temple is said to be constructed during 1302-1317 AD during the reign of King Veerasambuvarayar who ruled this part of Kunnathur Village, also known as Jambukesawaram by the locals.

After decades of neglect, this place of worship would be given a face-lift a ground-breaking ceremony for which was held today.

Accordingly, the bhoomi puja with a set of rituals such as  abishekam, alankaram and aradhana was performed this morning in the presence of Thiruvannamalai District Collector M Rajendran and other religious heads.

For details, contact management trustees M Annamalai at phone no: 04181 224 552; K S Sankara Gurukkal at phone no: 98944 79188 Lakshmi Narayanan at phone no: 98841 26417.