The legend goes by the way that, this village and surrounding village were grazing ground for the cows of local chieftain from Kayathar. Every day a cow moved away from its herd and worshipped a linga under the vilvam tree and offered its milk. Taking cognizance of the total volume of milk going down gradually, the king ordered to find the reason. To a surprise, his servants found a cow worshipping and offering milk. They dug the place and found a lingam underneath the tree. A temple was raised on the same place.