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Tradition says
In the Chithirai tradition Kallazhagar is Meenakshi's brother, travelling to give her away at her wedding. He arrives after the ceremony has ended, and rather than enter the city he stops in the Vaigai and gives his gifts there before returning to the hill. The story is the reason a Shaiva wedding festival has a Vaishnava climax.
Historians say
The Vishnu temple at the foot of the hill below Pazhamudircholai, and the origin point of the Chithirai festival's second half. Kallazhagar sets out from here for Madurai each year.