The Kripapurisvarar temple may have been renovated during Uttama Chola's time (971-988 CE) and even after that. The place, Tiruvennainallur, gains its importance from the fact that it was the Lord of this place who intervened and stopped the wedding of the Tamil saint Sundaramurti Nayanar (ninth century) in order to win him over to His side and bestow His grace on him. There are two well-known temples at this place, one associated with the Tamil saint known as Arulturai Nayanar - Kripapurisvarar and the other associated with the Later Pallava chiefs of Sendamangalam, known as the Vaikuntha Perumal temple. The deity in the Tiruvennainallur temple is called Taduttatkonda nathar (the Lord who bestowed divine grace after placing obstacles in the way of the devotee). References: S.R. Balasubrahmanyam, 1975, pp. 31-32, S.R. Balasubrahmanyam, 1979, pp. 302-304.