Swami here is swayambu moothy. Kamadhenu, the holy cow worshipped Lord here and hence the name ‘Aanilaiappar’ (Aa means cow). It performed the Bramah’s work of ‘creating’ at Karuvoor by praying pasupatheeswarar . Brahmah couldn’t continue his work because he developed pride on his power of creating. On realising his mistake he came to Karuvoor and worshipped Lord here and got back his power again. Ambal by name Soundaranayaki , born in a village nearby called ‘Appipalayam’ in a hunter's house and attained the Lord. Muchukuntha chola ruled chola kingdom with karur as capital.There is a place in ‘Kandha puraanam’ where it comes that devendran invited muchukuntha cholan from karuvoor for her daugter’s(theivaanai ammai) marrige with Lord Muruga. This shows the existence of Karuvoor as a town right from kandha purana period.

• Thirugnanasambandar visited here with his father Sivapaadhairudhayar and other Adiyars.
• This Sthalam is associated with the two great Nayanmars Eripatthar and Pukhazcholar. They worshipped pasupathipperumaan here and their history is very well detailed in Periyapuranam. (1)
• Karuvoor thevar who composed 'Thiruvisaippaa' (in ninth thirumurai) is native of this great Sthalam. (2)
• Arunagirinaathar sang about 9 'Thirupugal's’ in praise of beautiful Lord Muruga here.

Festivals:

• The traditional 6 ‘kaala’ pooja’s are performed daily.
• The Bramotsavam is celebrated in the month of panguni(which includes soundra nayaki Ambal’s marriage)
• ‘Arudra darishanam ‘ (in maarkhazhi) is a grand festival.

Location: State : Tamil Nadu Situation : Major town in TamilNadu. (Near Thiruchirappalli, Selam)