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According to estimates, Arunagirinathar (14th Century) has composed over 16,000 Thiruppugazhs but only 1365 have been traced, glorifying 224 places.

Then Lord Muruga appeared before her and set right her hand. On getting irritated, her husband cut her hand but she continued with the Muruga chanting.

The other legend is that a devotee named Murugammai lived in this place chanting ‘Muruga’ always.

Siruvapuri is believed to be the Kusalapuri of Ramayana. The other names Siruvarampedu came from ‘Siruvar-Ambu-Edu’ and Chinnampedu came from ‘Chinna-Ambu-Edu’. The name of the place Siruvarpuri came from the phrase ‘Siruvar-Por-Puri’. Then Rama himself came, won and took back the horse.

Lava-kucha, twin sons of Rama, while living at Valmiki’s Ashram here, tied the Ashwametha horse sent by Rama.

Possibly there is no other temple where there are so many green granite deities.

Also the suryanar, Ganapathy and annamalayar lingams are all made out of green granite. It was shining in green and was a real beauty. I have seen a few temples with green granite deities before, but I could not feel the significance since I could see them only from a distance but here you can see it very closely (and touch it even). There is a Mayil (Peacock) sculpture made out of green granite stone outside the sanctum sanctorum in front of the flag mast. Since it was a Sunday there was a significant crowd and as we entered, we were crowded by the village boys trying to sell a handful of small brick stones. The temple is a small one but very popular with the belief that one who symbolically build a structure behind the Adhimoolavar sannidhi will be blessed with a new house or related wishes by the Lord Balasubramaniar. Started by about 8AM from Chennai (Adayar) and reached Siruvarpuri by 9:30AM.