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 Lord granted darshan to the Rishi. The Rishi put forth his questions.  He asked, “Is it You who incarnated as Rama? How could You afford to let Ravana abduct Mother Sita?  Could this happen without Your knowledge?  Was it necessary that You had to travel long to Lanka to rescue Her with the help of Sri Anjaneya? Couldn’t You do it  alone?”

Lord explained.  “This was an avatar to please everyone who loved me.  Lord Shiva is very fond of me who incarnated as Sri Anjaneya.  Many joined me in my mission.  I enjoyed the company of all who loved me.”

Adding, Lord further explained the family dharma that sons should respect and obey father and mother. Brothers should live in unity and how they should respect their sisters-in-law.  How the characters of both men and women should be in order.   This avatar was to set the rules for an ideal family.

Lord gave darshan to Sage Marichi as Pachai Vanna Perumal.  Sage had his doubts cleared.

Lord Vishnu appears green as emerald, hence praised as Pachai Vanna Perumal – Pachai Vannam-emerald green.  As He granted darshan to sage Marichi alone, Mothers are not with Him in the sanctum sanctorum.  He granted darshan as Rama to the Rishi, hence worshipped as Lord Rama and Mother as Sita.

Mother Mahalakshmi blesses the devotees from a separate shrine.  Generally Sri Chakra is installed in temples either opposite Mother’s shrine or nearby.  Here, Sri Chakra is installed in the shrine itself.  Mother blesses Her devotees in three forms, Sri Chakra Rupini, Mahalakshmi and Sita.

Divine serpent Adisesha, serving Lord as His bed in the Milk Ocean was born as Lakshmana in Ramavatara accompanying the Lord in His great mission of establishing Dharma.  Thus, Lord honored Adisesha in His Ramavatara as His brother. 

When the Lord granted darshan to Marichi, Adisesha could not come there as Adisesha.  He begged the Lord to give him the chance of bearing Him.  Obliging him, Lord appeared on his head in the form of Jyoti.  Hence, Nagadeepam (lamp on Naga-serpent) is kept in Mother’s shrine.

Sri Pavala Vanna Perumal can be seen coral red in color, Goddess Pavalavali Thaayar has a separate shrine within the vicinity. 

 The legend has that Lord Brahma conducted a Yagna.  He didn’t invite Goddess Saraswati  and an infuriated Goddess Saraswati sent demons to create obstruction to the Yagna.  At this point of time, Lord Brahma prayed to Lord Vishnu to protect the Yagna from the atrocities of the demons.  

Lord Vishnu had fierce battle with the demons and beheaded all of them. Thus, the presiding deity of this temple is in coral red in color as a representation of aftermath of the war. 

The Moolavar of this sthalam is Sri Pavala Vannar. Also called as “Paramapatha Nathan” – Moolavar in Irundha Thirukkolam on Aadhiseshan facing His thirumugham towards West Direction.