The history of Thiru ‘ Azhagi Amman’ Temple situated at
“Therkkil Kaavith Thandalam”, Aaththoor Paalaaru Bank , (Kaanchipuram) Uttirameroor Taluk, Chengalpat District, Tamil Nadu.
Once upon a time the monster ‘Magisha Asura ‘was killed by Mother ‘Atharvana Kaali’. But the monster was appearing again and again in innumerable numbers from the blood drops spilled over on the spot where he was killed. This annoyed the Mother Kaali . She therefore drank all the blood which was oozing out from the demon’s body. The monster weakened with no more blood to survive and he died. The location was called Chengalpattu , because the area turned red due to the blood spilled over on the soil from the monster’s body.
As the mother Kaali was too furious, she was known as Adharvana Kaali. She could not be pacified even by Trimoorthis and celestial lords. At this point of time Thiru Agaththiar the sage short in his form was meditating in the ‘Podhigai’ mountainous range. He came down at the instance of Lord Shiva with an assignment to even the tilt caused by the huge gathering in the Himalayas, on the eve of his marriage with the Mother Uma. He visualised through his power of foresight that Mother Kaali was all aggressive and could not be pacified by anyone including the Mummoorthis and Devas.
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