Per Hindu legend, Tulasi once did retribution to accomplish closeness to Vishnu. Vishnu reacted that his associate Lakshmi would show up under Tulasi's lap in Tiruvinnagaram. Tulasi showed up in where the sanctuary is found. This is referenced in the 53rd stanza of Nammazhwaar in Thiruviruththam. 

Markandeya Maharishi venerated Vishnu and wanted that Lakshmi ought to show up as his little girl and Vishnu ought to turn into his child in-law. Once Markandeya was on a blessed outing and subsequent to coming to Thiruvinnagaram, he felt it was the ideal spot to get his longing satisfied. 

Markandeya began a serious compensation for a long time, looking for Lakshmi's gifts. Lakshmi showed up as a child under the as of now embodied Tulasi plant. Markandeya felt Lakshmi's essence as the child and understood that aspect of his craving had been satisfied. 

He claimed the infant and raised her. At the point when the little youngster arrived at pre-adulthood, on the panguni month of Shravana, Vishnu showed up as an elderly person and requested the hand of Markandeya's girl in marriage. 

Markandeya answered, "You are ready and old, my girl is excessively youthful and she doesn't have the foggiest idea how to cook with appropriate salt substance", to which the elderly person answered, "On the off chance that your little girl must cook without salt, at that point I will at present accept it as my best food, yet I won't leave from here without wedding her". 

Markandeya looked for Vishnu's assistance and afterward acknowledged utilizing his compensation that the elderly person was Vishnu himself. At the point when he opened his eyes, Vishnu showed up before him with conch and chakram as in Vaikundam. Markandeya offered his girl's hand in marriage. Per the legend, the sanctuary's Neyvethiyam (food offering) is constantly set up without salt.