In the Thondai land renowned for its scholars, in the capital city which is praised as Kanjipuram - THE city in the ancient Bharat, Kachchiyappa was born. He came in the family of a great devotee of Shiva who was deeply learned in pertaining to Saivaits,.He was the temple priest.his name was Kalathiappa Sivasariyar.

For a long time he had no children.Then he began to pray deeply to Lord Murugan.Soon after he got a son and named him Kachiappan. Kachiappan learnt Tamil and Samskritam and had a very good poetic talent. He had ardent love for Lord Murugan.

One day Lord Muruga appeared in the dream of his devotee and ordered him to compose his story in Tamil which is told in the Shiva Rahasya Kandam, which is the first kandam in Shankara Samhita, which is one of the six samhitas of the Skandha Puranam in samskritam. He asked the devotee to name it as Kandha Puranam and also gave the start off words as thigadachakkara semmuga aindhulam . The devotee when woke up was thrilled with joy. He saluted the Lord Muruga and started composing the Kandha Puranam each day 100 verses. Everyday after completing the 100 verses he use to keep the written palm leaves at the feet of Lord Muruga. When he returns the next day, he would see that a few places in his work have been corrected ! This way the loving devotee completed the work comprising of six kandams and 10345 verses all together.

Later he was called for the meeting of scholars of Thondai land and get his work approved in that gathering, as it was customery in those days. When he started elucidating the kandha puranam praying the Lord, he started with the first line "thigada chakkarach chemmukam aindhulam" (The One with glorious ten hands and five perfect faces). For this the word "thigadachakkram" would be broken into "thigaz dhachakkaram". One of the poets in the hall raised an objection saying that there existed no rule in Tamil grammar that would render the combination of z and dha into da, and asked Kachchiyappa Shivahcchariyar to show the rule and then proceed. The devotee who was stopped at debut was unable to answer and requested the opponent to accept it as it is, since it was given to him by Lord Muruga himself . But the other poet did not agree and halted the presentation. The poet said that until this is clarified,further performance should be stopped.

The devotee with a broken heart fell on the feet of Lord Muruga and cried that only Lord muruga could explain the wordings he gave. He slept there itself of fatigue without food. In his dream the Lord muruga told him that his problem will be solved in the next day session by a Sola Nadu pulavar ( poet).He will prove that Kachiappan's song was perfectly correct. When the meeting started the next morning, there was a young charming poet at the center of the stage with a book in his hand. As the opponent poet again raised the question in the session, the young poet rose and directed the attention of the scholars to the 18th song in the sandhip padalam of a grammar text called 'vIrachoziyam', which suggested the rendering of the combination under controversy. The entire hall lauded the reference and wondered how they forgot that grammar rule. At once the young poet disappeared. Realizing that it was Lord Murugan himself the scholars commended the work of Kachchiyappar.

Kandha puranam is also known as Purana Nayagam.It consisted of 10000 songs.He lived towards the end of 11th century and early 12th century.He continued to pray further and further and finally become one with the Lord.