Sandhyanrutha Moorthi (one of the 64 forms of God Shiva)
The celestials (Devas in tamil) without the assistance of Lord Shiva churned the ocean of Milk. They kept the Manthaara Mountain as the churning stick(Maththu in tamil) and the snake Vasuki as rope and churned the ocean of Milk. In this the Devas were sitting on the side of the tail of the snake vasuki and asuras(demons) on the side of the mouth of the snake Vasuki. Vasuki the snake spitted poison called aalakala visham. The poison started spreading and even Tirumal’s body became black. On seeing the effect and power of the poison the Devas went to Mount Kailas and appraised the situation to Lord Shiva. To ward of the sufferings of Devas lord Shiva drank that poison. But nothing happened to HIM. Yet he wanted to play a game on it. So he pretended as if he has become unconscious due to the effect of that poison. He was pretending as if he is sleeping before Uma Devi. On seeing this, all the Devas did Archanas to him and were kept awakening through out that day and night.Let call that...
