 In the Tiruvarur Thygarajar Temple, the principal deity is Somaskanda under the name of Thyagaraja.All temples in the Thygaraja cult have images of Somaskandar as Thyagarajar - though iconographically similar, they are iconologically different.Architecturally when there are separate shrines dedicated to the "utsava"(festival deity) of Somaskanda, they are called Thyagaraja shrines.