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Just like conjurers materialising fantastic objects with the dexterity of
their hands, this much-hallowed and regularly frequented Muruga sannidhi has
emerged from a thatched shed, an unostentatious fine enshrining a Murugan
Photo only, and established for itself a name on par with yugas-old places of
worship. All but due to Muruga Was that defies description. According to
sthalapurana, 'one' Muruga devotee by name Annaswamy Thambiran, with his
limited means built a small thatched but and kept a Murugan photo for his
personal worship primarily. During his meditation and worship, he was
experiencing some divine power entering his body and inspiring him to utter
some mysterious things - whatever he said in his trance was found true. His
utterance went by the name of Arulvak and relieved people in several ways,
like curing diseases and getting jobs, solemnising marriages etc. During then he
fell ill suddenly. At the instance of a sadhu, he visited Tiruttani and prayed to
Muruga offering a part of his tongue cut with a knife at Balipeeta. On his
return, the disease took to flight, He paid a visit to Palani by foot and had
some strange experiences there. He continued his worship in the but he built,
and when he felt his end was nearing he requested a close friend by name
Rathnaswamy to continue the devotional activities to the photo he was
worshipping. Strangely enough, this Rathnaswamy too started giving Arulvak
after building a small shrine and worshipping as promised to his friend.
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