LORD SIVA OF ETTAMANUR

Being an adept at running, he began leaping and scurrying with incredible speed over vales and dales across the whole region covering hundreds of miles. As an asura with numerous strange potentialities, he felt neither exhausted physically, nor satisfied mentally. But the Lord was not a match in keeping pace with him. Nor was he as game-some as Khara; so felt tired and decided to stop for a while. 

Then by shere chance the leaping deer came within his reach. He caught it, and in utter excitement, and carried the deer for a short distance. It happened here, and the sport thus ending gavel the spot an appropriate name. 

It is - Ettia (carried) Man (deer) Ooru (place) - place where the deer was carried according the Malayalam language. In course of time it became Ettumanur, a corrupt form, made for easy pronunciation and ready use. What a game! How grand is the outcome!!

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