The Couple Ayyankara Devan and Padikutty anthrajan of the famous Ayyankara Illam of North Malabar was a devotee of Lord Shiva. Padikutty anthrajanam was living in sorrow and agony due to having no child long years after their marriage. One day in her dream she saw the Lord. The next day, Padikutty and her maid servants went for royal bath at Thiruvan Kadav, Hardly had she made a dip when rising up, she heard a cry of an infant baby. a pretty child lying on a rock nearby, the child was carried along with great affection to illam, where the child grew up as the son of Ayyankara couple. The child was taught vedhas and epics as per acharya norms. The boy used to visit the jungle near their illam for hunting with His bow and arrows. He would then take food to the poor and mingle with local communities. As these acts were against the way of brahmin life, His parents earnestly requested Him to stop this practice, but the boy turned a deaf ear to their warnings. Ayyankara Vazhunavar became very disappointed. .