Sri Adi Sankara established certain methods of worship of goddess Kamakshi and in order to ensure that these are properly followed, he brought with him thirty Devi Devotees along with their families from the banks of Narmada to Kanchipuram. They had Sri Kamakshi as their family deity and were responsible for the spread of Srividya Upaasana. They were called as “Kaamakotiyaar”. All those who belonged to the lineage of Kaamakotiyaar are devotees of Kamakshi. In the tradition of Kaamakotiyaar, about 200 years ago, was a great scholar, Kaamakoti Sastrigal. Sastrigal was not blessed with a male child. and loved the children of his elder brother, Chidambara Sastrigal as his very own, with special affection for the youngest, Maragatham. When Maragatham was of a marriageable age, Kamakoti Sastrigal decided that his disciple, Varadarajan will be the most suitable match.