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authorship of SSM is credited to Vedavyasa. But Vy膩sa can by no means be the author of SSM. There is no similarity with the ornate style of Vy膩sa with that of SSM. It is quite difficult to find out the author of this work, as he himself did not intend to reveal his identity. Actually Sthalamahatmyas are Pilglim's literature produced for the benefit of devotees visiting temples and often written by pilgrim poets. The first extensive example of this kind of literature is found in of Mahabharata, where localised myths are cited to glorify individual shrines. It may also be said that Sthalamahatmya's are the work of local Brahmin priests. The SSM describes mythological and historical aspects the Sucindram temple and many other places in Kanyakumari district. This shows that the poet was a resident of Sucindram. SSM gives more importance to Saivism than Vai峁ａ箛avisam and it refers to some of the Vedic mantras and other mantras used by the Brahmins for their routine religious activities. So SSM is in all probability to be the work of Saivaite Brahmin who was a resident of Sucindram. DATE There is no reference in the work regarding its date of composition. It is very difficult to find out the date of composition of legendary works. But there is a clues in SSM regarding its composition. The work the work mentions the visit of Sri Sankara to Sucindram. Hence it must have been written after 8th Century A.D. the date of Sri Sankara. 6