Poosalaar, was a poor man in terms of material wealth but rich in dedicated devotion towards Lord Shiva.

His heart was large enough to house Shiva's temple and his love served to implement the task with ease.

The day before the assigned date the king's heart was brimming with pride of having erected a beautiful temple for the Lord as his eyes shut with his thoughts vanishing into his sleep.

The king was perplexed on the results of his enquiry that Poosalaar lived in poverty and there was not a sign of a new temple being erected in Thirunindravur.

Thirunindravur, the place where the temple of Hridayaleeswarar is situated is located in the Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu near Chennai.

People with an ailing heart is said to flock to this temple for speedy recovery due to Irudhayaleeswarar's grace.

The story symbolically represents the Vedic principle of seeking the lord within one's heart and to ultimately lose oneself in Him indivisibly which is what is realization.

In the words of Ramana Maharshi, the greatest form of bakti or devotion is to find and identify Him within oneself to destroy even the least distance between Him and the one seeking to.