History

The Siva Temple at Pannipagam is situated amidst Paddy fields and hills. In the olden days, there was no apt pathway to go to this temple. Now it is easly approcahable and even one can go to the temple by any vehicle.

There is a legend about this temple. Parthiban, to win the war in "Mahabarata", wanted to get the Pasupathasthram. So he went to the forest and did meditation upon the Lord Siva. In order to spoil this, Thuriodaran sent Moohasuran. Moohasuran metamorphosed himself into a Pig and attacked Parthiban.

So Lord Siva came to his rescue as a hunter and attacked the pig with his arrow and at the same time, Parthiban also did the same. But Pathiban's bow broke and he beat the hunter with his broken bow on his head and it was felt by all the people of the world.

Then Parthiban understood that he was the Lord Siva and Parthiban fell at his feet. Since the Lord Siva came as a hunter to kill the Pig, this Place has got such a name. There is another temple in the middle of the paddy field and it is still known as Kattalan Koil.