Thanigai malai:
தணிகை மலை வீற்றிருக்கும் உமை தன் மைந்தனே வேலுயுடையாய் மயிலுடையாய் கோழியும் கொடியுமுடையாய்
எழில்மிகு மங்கையுடையாய் மறையோதுமடியவருமுடையாய்
திருவுடையாயிங்கு ……
கடைவிழியில் அருளும் உண்டு முகம் தன்னில் புன்னகையுண்டு கண்டு களிக்க
எழில் மிகு கழனியும் வண்டுமொய்க்கும் சோலையும் பூம்புழலுமுண்டு
ஆடும் மயிலும் கூவும் குயிலும் மற்றும் புள்ளோசையும்
மணம் கமழும் காவடி தூக்குமடியவர் இசைக்கும் பண்ணோசையும் சேர்திங்குஉண்டு
மனம் குளிர்ந்து களித்து உன்னை சேவித்து
நானும் மற்றவரும் உற்றவரும்
சுகந்தரும் உன் தாள் பணிந்திட அருள் தந்தருள்வாய்!!
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Transliteration
taNigai malai vITRirukkum umai tan maindanE vEluyuDaiyAy mayiluDaiyAy kOzhiyum koDiyumuDaiyAy
ezhilmigu ma#ngaiyuDaiyAy maRaiyOdumaDiyavarumuDaiyAy
tiruvuDaiyAyi#ngu ……
kaDaivizhiyil aruLum uNDu mugam tannil punnagaiyuNDu kaNDu kaLikka
ezhil migu kazhaniyum vaNDumoykkum sOlaiyum pUmbuzhalumuNDu
ADum mayilum kUvum kuyilum maTRum puLLOsaiyum
maNam kamazhum kAvaDi tUkkumaDiyavar isaikkum paNNOsaiyum sErdi#nguuNDu
manam kuLirndu kaLittu unnai sEvittu
nAnum maTRavarum uTRavarum
sugandarum un tAL paNindiDa aruL tandaruLvA
Sri Muttuswami Deekshitar, who lived around 200 years ago (one of the trinity of Carnatic music) had his inspiration in Tiruttani when the Lord (in the guise of an old man) met him on the steps and sweetened his tongue with the prasadam of this temple, which impelled him to compose and render his first krithi "Shri Nathadhi Guruguho Jayathi Jayathi"(song) on Lord Murugan of Tanikai….….
This is dedicated to Lord Muruga. The hill has 365 steps indicating 365 days of the year.
The temple vimanam was covered by gold
It is one of the Arupadaiveedu, the six holy abodes of Lord Muruga…
This temple has been mentioned in the Sangam period work Tirumurugaatruppadai composed by Nakkeerar. It has been patronized by the Vijayanagar rulers and local chieftains and zamindars….
Legend also has it that Indra the king of the Gods gave his daughter Deivayanai in marriage to Skanda, and along with her presented his elephant Airavatam as part of his dowry offering. Upon Airavatam's departure Indra found his wealth waning. Subramanyar is said to have offered to return the white elephant, however Indra bound by protocol refused to accept a gift that he had made, and insisted that the elephant face his direction, hence the image of the elephant in this temple also faces the east.
Another legend has it that Indra presented a sandal stone as a part of his daughter’s dowry. The sandal paste made on this stone is applied to the image of Subramanya and the applied paste is said to acquire medicinal value.
Legend also has it that Skanda bore the discus thrown by the demon Tarakasuran on his chest, and hence there is a hollow in the chest region of the image of Subramanya in this temple..
Skanda is also believed to have imparted knowledge of Tamil to the sage Agasthyar and he is regarded as Veeramurthy, Gnanamurthy and Acharyamurthy in this shrine. …
Lord Rama, after putting an end to Ravana, worshipped Lord Siva at Rameswaram and then came to Tiruttani to find perfect peace of mind by worshipping Lord Subrahmanya here.
In Dwapara Yuga, Arjuna got the blessings of our Lord here by offering prayers to Him on his way to the South for Teertha Yatra (pilgrimage to take sacred immersion).
Lord Vishnu prayed to the Lord and got back His powerful Chakra (sacred wheel), Shanku (sacred conch), which were forcibly seized from Him by Tarakasura, brother of Soorapadma.
Lord Brahma propitiated the Lord here at the holy spring known as Brahmasonai after his imprisonment by our Lord for his failure to explain the Pranava ('Om' mantra) and got back his creative function of which he was deprived by our Lord due to his egotistic impudence in neglecting to worship Lord Subrahmanya on his way to Mount Kailasa to worship Lord Siva.
. On worshipping our Lord at Thanikai, the king of snakes Vasuki got his bodily wounds healed, which had been caused during the churning process in the Milky Ocean to secure the Amrita (nectar of immortality) by the devas and asuras when the Mantotra Mountain was used as the churning base and the snake king Vasuki as the rope….
Sage Agasthyar Muni (of Potikai Hill) worshipped Lord Muruga at Tanikai when he was blessed with the divine gift of the Tamil language….
Apart from its puranic greatness, Saint Arunagirinathar has praised this hill as the chosen place for worship by devas and the favorite abode of saints performing prolonged tapas. He also compared this hill to Sivaloka (Bhuloka) and as the very soul of the world…..
-Information collected from Wiki..