The Life
Idangazhi was the chieftain-king of Konadu, ruling from Kodumbalur, and a great servant of Shiva who delighted in feeding the Lord's devotees. In his realm lived another devotee bound by a vow to feed Shiva's servants; fallen into poverty and unable to keep his vow, this man broke into the royal granary to take rice and was seized by the guards and brought before the king. When Idangazhi learned that the theft was to feed Shiva's devotees, he not only pardoned the man but was struck by the wrongness of a full granary while such devotees went hungry. He proclaimed throughout his kingdom that any devotee of Shiva might freely take rice from his granaries and wealth from his treasury, as much as they wished. Thus he attained the Lord's grace. His guru puja is in Aippasi under Krithikai.