Pazhamudircholai Murugan Temple

Sthala katha — the traditional account

What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.

The Kanda Puranam relates that Murugan withdrew as a hermit after the fruit of knowledge was awarded to his brother Ganesha, and that when the poet Avvaiyar came to him he shook a naaval tree to offer her its fruit, giving the place its name.