Worship of female deities known as Ammans has been a Dravidian culture from time immemorial. Pragadhambal is one such Amman with her abode at Thirugokarnam near Pudukkottai.

The Vijaya nagar Emperor who was ruling over Pudukkottai lost one impartant document. All his efforts to trace it were futile. Then he prayed to Pragadhambal Amman for its restoration. The Amman granted his wish and the lost document was found. The king was very happy and to express his gratitude he embossed Pragadambal’s picture on one side of a coin of Araikasu denomination and distributed the coins to his subjects during festive occasions. In those days the Araikasu coins were designed in a semi circular shape. The Amman from then onwards came to be known as “ARAIKASU AMMAN” and people started to pray Her for the recovery of lost / misplaced items.

There is a Lakshmi Kubera Temple in Rathinamangalam, where the marriage of Lord Kubera is performed annually. During one such celebration, a very costly and valuable ornament of Sri Lakshmi was lost and could not be found. The Managing Trustee of that temple prayed to Araikasu Amman and promised to build a Peedam for Her if the lost ornament could be traced. It was to his surprise that he could see the ornament within the temple and as vowed, he built a Peedam for ARAIKASU AMMAN in Rathinamangalam it self very near to the Lakshmi Kubera Temple in gratitude and for the benefit of every one.

Now the Peedam has become very popular not only in Tamilnadu, but also in other parts of the country and devotees throng this Peedam to seek blessings and restoration of lost / misplaced items or to thank Her for her benevolence in restoring their lost items.

Number of instances have been reported about Araikasu Amman’s answers to the prayers of benefitted people like restoration of lost / misplaced items, recovery of lost money, Marriages, Child Births, Reunion of family members and many more.