Pulikkal Munivar.

Pulikar munivar was the son of Madiyanthina munivar. he was also called Bala munivar as he became a rishi at a very young age. he lived in Chidambaram and worshipped Nataraja there. he used to pluck flowers from various trees in the surrounding areas to worship the Lord. he prayed to Lord Shiva that he may be given the feet like that of a tiger so that he could easily climb the trees in pre dawn and also eyes so that he could see in the dark. his prayers were answered and so he came to be known as Pulikal munivar. he was also know as vygra tiger in Sanskrit. he usually plucked four types of flowers kodin poo from the creepers, neer poo found in water, nila poo found on earth and kotta poo the flowers that shed on their own eg. parijata. what a great devotion he had. The Lord appeared and advised him to go to Aruma Kadal Amudham stays and pray to him for Moksha. so he searched and searched for Krupa samudra perumal and could not find him he reached a place now called puliyur. here all of a sudden Lord siva in the form of a Linga appeared before him and showed him the place where the Krupa amudra Perumal in Bala sayana murthi was. even today in the field opposite the temple one can find the Siva linga.