 Kalyanasundaresar, the presiding form of Shiva, is said to have tested Amaraneedi Nayanar in the guise of the Brahmachari boy.The tale of Amaraneedi (called Iruvadandari in the account) is also recalled in the thirteenth-century Telugu "Basava Purana" of Palkuriki Somanatha in brief and with some variation.Shiva is said to have come disguised as a devotee and given his blanket and loin-cloth for safe keeping.