The following is an excerpt from the book
"Of Mystics & Mistakes" written by Sadhguru.

One great temple in the south which is incredibly beautiful, architecturally, is the Thanjavur temple. It is believed to be made up of about 130,000 tons of granite. The sixty meter high vimana, or tower, is the tallest in south India.

A particular yogi, Karuvurar, was the architect for the temple and also the one to consecrate the temple. It was his idea to build this, and the king financed this idea. But as the temple was being constructed, because it was a project of many years, some problem arose. The king’s ego got a little trampled, and so the yogi left.
He put up a small hut on the southern side of the temple. The moment you put your hut on the southern side it means you are clearly indicating that things are not going well here. So the yogi just camped there, and they went about constructing the temple.

So this is a very powerful linga in a withdrawing sense. It can cause lots of damage to people’s lives. Especially for women it could be very damaging and disturbing because it works in their system in a different way.

Right now the temple is under the authority of the Archeological Survey of India. They once came and asked me a few things about the temple. I told them, “You leave the temple in my hands for two weeks. I will kill the linga, because there is no way to revive it. If I kill it at least it will be a good monument.” But they cannot make such decisions, you know? So, it is still like that. For over a thousand years, it has been withdrawing, not dying. They have always told you, if an idol is even slightly damaged, take it and put it in a well or a river where people cannot access it, because it becomes a withdrawing force.

I urge the Archaeological Survey of India to grant two weeks' time to fix the temple.