All of us are aware that Mother is full of love and will be the first to address the distress of a child. Similarly, the Universal mother, Goddess Parvathi ,wanted to bless human beings and hence decided to leave Kailash and manifest herself as a hill. Lord Shiva, who is never separated from his consort followed suit and transformed himself in the form of SWAMBU LINGAM.

The LINGAM resides in the centre of the triangle shaped hillwhich is formed from a single rock. Among the various names of Lord Shiva , 1008 names are considered as holy , of which, SAKTHISHIV is considered supreme since it encompasses the entire divinity. Since the hill is the manifestation of Goddess Sakthi and Lord Shiva , it is called as). MAHADEVAMALAI ( MAHA in Tamil means PHENOMENAL IN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION