Vishnupuram Bhoosastha Temple

Approximately 750 years back when a farmer was ploughing the field he felt as if the plough is going over a piece of rock or stone. He did not bother and continued ploughing the field. By the time he finished ploughing to his horror he found the colour of the water in the field had totally turned into red. He got scared and reported the matter to the land lord. He narrated the happenings to land lord who then decided to do a DEIVAPRASNAM next day, he had a dream the same night Lord Bhoosastha appeared along with HIS two consorts Poorna devi and Pushkala devi and informed the land lord that He had appeared as Swayambu in that paddy field and asked him to construct a small temple there .The Lord also informed the farmer that one of his devotees, a Brahmin living in Kerala would come over to do Puja for him in the temple.
Meanwhile, the Lord appeared in the dream of the brahmin and directed him to proceed to the village for carrying out Puja. The blessed Brahmin moved lock stock and barrel in search of the village and the Lord of his dream.He met up with the farmer and settled down to offer daily Puja to lord Bhoosastha. Then onwards generations of the 'Bhoosastha Kovil' family continues to carry out Puja in the temple. Today the fourteenth generation is carrying on with the Divine Duty. Every devotee visiting the temple and offering prayers to HIM with utmost sincerety and devotion is blessed and the Lord definitely answers his prayers. The Lord has devotees from every strata of the society - irrespective of their cast creed or community.May HE continue to shower them with HIS BLESSINGS. OM SHANTI. BHOOTHATHIPAYA WITHMAHE, BHAVA PUTHRAYA DHEEMAHI. DHANNO BHOOSASTHA PRAJOTHAYATH.
For the information of Devotees: The temple opens twice a day - from around 0600h to 0800h in the morning and 1630 to 1800h (4.30 to 6.00PM)in the evening. Abhishekam is performed in the morning only. The two major festivals in the temple are the Mandala Puja(on the 11th day of Tamil month 'MAARGHAZHI'which generally falls on the 26/27 Dec every year) and the 'Panguni Uttaram' (the Lord's Janma Nakshatram is Uttaram and he is deemed to have taken Avatharam in the Tamil month of Panguni)which comes in March/April. Panguni Uttaram festival is preceded by Laksharchana conducted over a period of 4 days.It is of interst to note that the only occasion that Abhishekam is performed for Sri Bhoosastha during the evening puja is on the day of Panguni Uttaram, when a 'Kumba Abhishekam' is performed in the evening followed by 'Pushpa Abhishekam'.