It is said that the daughter of Tulaja Raja (1729–35) of Tanjore, who lost her eyesight in an illness, regained it on offering worship at this temple. The King lost no time in rushing to the spot indicated to him and recovered the idol from the jungle.Ī temple was constructed at the place and the idol installed and so the deity of this temple is known as Punnainallur Mariamman. In the year 1680, when the Maharashtra king Venkoji Maharaja Chatrapati (1676–1688) of Tanjore was on a pilgrimage at Samayapuram, where there is a famous temple dedicated to Kali, Mariamman appeared to the King in his dream and told him -that she (the idol) was in a forest of Punna trees at a distance of about 3 miles from Tanjore. The temple is located in the outskirts of Thanjavur.
The temple of goddess Mariammanis one of the famous temples around Thanjavur District.
The Punnai Nallur Mariamman temple is a Hindu temple located at Thanjavur in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
