Nandhi puram the Lord is Nandhinathan in the moolasthanam on the wall can be seen a Adhikara Nandhi. King Nandivarman built this temple. another famous story is of Sibhi Chakravarthy and the dove. The King was well known for his generosity. one day while he was at the Darbar a dove came rushing and fell at his feet and requested to be protected from the vulture who was chasing it. the king Sibhi intervened and asked the vulture to spare the dove. the vulture demanded that the dove was his rightful prey for food. the king is said to have offered his own flesh of equal weight of that of the dove. He got a balance and placed the dove on one side and he then cut a piece of his own flesh from his thigh and placed it on the other scale but the dove seemed to weigh more every time, finally without any hesitation he is said to have offered himself by sitting on the scale. It was then that Perumal appeared before him and blessed him. the dove was Indra in disguise and the vulture was Agni bhagwan they had come to test the rightful king Sibhi. The idol of the Lord which was facing East all the while changed direction after this incident and faced west. The alwar is said to have sung 10 verses praising and describing the Lord.
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