 As per Hindu legend, Poigai was found in a small pond near the Yadhotakaari temple at Tiruvekkaa.In Tamil, small pond is called "poigai", and since he was found in a pond, he got the name Poigai.As per legend, the three "azhwars" were once were confined in a small dark enclosure during a rain in Thirukovilur and they experienced a fourth individual among them.