Once on a Vaikunda yekadesi day (auspicious day of Vishnu) Goddess Saraswathy reminded Brahma to meet Lord Vishnu, his father to seek blessings. Brahma the lord of creation out of ego refused to do so. Saraswathy puzzled by his behavior still pleaded him to go to the abode of Vishnu. Brahma felt he was the most powerful of the three lords and so told Saraswathy  that while naming the Trimurthys his name is uttered first. Similarly his function of creation tops the three.Thereafter the other two lords should meet him to get his blessings.
Saraswathy warned him that his ego will lead to serious consequences. Not heading to her advice the four headed Brahma sat on the lotus seat with arrogance.

Lord Siva and Vishnu knew what was happening  .They believed that an ego of a creator will cause dire consequences and therefore should be timely checked to save the universe. Both Lords decided to visit Bhrama  with a plan in mind.They meet at brahma's residence. Seeing both Shiva and Vishnu coming to their home, Saraswathy rushes to greet them. Brahma still remained seated ,instead of getting up and offering  the guest  hospitality .Sarswathy with folded hands as a mark of respect and devotion remarked that she and Brahma were planning to visit  vishnu on this auspicious  day. Vishnu  replied that they had come to seek Brahma's help to settle a dispute. Hearing this Brahma bloated up with pride and laughingly told Saraswathy that even the two lords need him to resolve problems.Siva and Vishnu looked at each other in a secrecy smile and thought its the right time to bring up the issue that they have planned. Siva told that he felt Lord Vishnu to be the supreme power and Lord Vishnu denied that Siva is more powerful than him. Thus who was the strongest of the two was the matter of dispute. Both declared the other was the most powerful than himself.

When they asked Brahma's opinion about the supreme power he laughed out of pride and declared that indeed he was the most powerful and superior to siva and vishnu. Siva pretended to be startled by his answer and warned Brahma of his arrogance. Siva challenged that no one had ever seen his crown and if there is one who could then  he would indeed be the most powerful one in the universe. Brahma laughed out of ego and challenge  that why no one have attempted such an easy task up to now.And said that he will see Siva's crown by raising himself from the ground.He challenged Vishnu on this.And Lord Vishnu said that since  he feels he is always one step lower then Shiva therefore he will try to seek Shiva's feet for blessing.. As the contest started ,Siva kept increasing in length as Brahma arose from the ground.  Vishnu took the form of a boar and started digging the ground to see the feet of Siva.

Meanwhile Brahma lifted himself up to seek Siva's crown. As he decended up and up, he began to see it was very far off.Suddenly he felt that the journey to reach Lord Shiva's crown is very far indeed . But not giving up he travelled far and far until  he came across an object coming from the top. It was a flower in form of a women and he asked who she was and were she was from. Declared that she was "Thazham poo" the flower that decorates Siva's crown ,as she had fell from the crown she is travelling  towards Earth. Brahma tired of his long travel in search of the crown asked how far was Siva's crown. She warned Brahma that he can never see the crown because the distance is infinite. She also calculated the time Brahma took from earth to reach that meeting point as 1000 Brahmavarshas. One Brahmavarsha is the life span of a Human being taken as 100 years and she had already crossed 50,000 Brahmavarshas from the crown of lord Siva. Brahma unwilling to accept the defeat pleaded her to commit a lie that he had seen siva's crown and traveled together with her to earth.After much persuavasion 'Thalam Poo" agreed .Therefore Bhrama went back with Thalam Poo to seek his victory word with Vishnu.

Vishnu took a foam of a boar ,dug deep in the soil and successfully sought Siva's feet and touched it out of veneration. Siva was moved by the act of Vishnu and immediately bowed down and stretched his hands to lift lord Vishnu. Vishnu then looked up and got the vision of lord Siva's crown.They hugged in love and respect .

After some time ,Brahma reached with thazham poo and told Siva and Vishnu that he saw the crown.And Thalam Poo agreed as per Bhrama's instruction.. Siva knowing the truth cursed Brahma that due to his ego , arrogance and also for lying , he will never be worshipped on Earth by Human beings. He also cursed thazham poo for being an accomplish in that lie ,that she will thereafter live with snakes. And that the "Thalam Poo" flowers will not be used in poojas or any other functions. He then informed  Brahma about Vishnu's deed of touching the feet to see the crown. He further advised Bhrama that there is no need to to go far, for whoever  touches his feet, he will automatically bent down to them .He said in life , one must always be humble in that way one don't need to seek god long but god himself will come to them . The modest way of approaching to experience the divine vision.

There is another legend which relates Brahma's not being worshipped to a curse by the great sage Brahmarishi Bhrigu. Once a great fire-sacrifice (yajna) was being organised on Earth with Bhrigu being the high priest. It was decided that the greatest among all Gods would be made the presiding deity. Bhrigu then set off to find the greatest among the Trinity. When he went to Brahma, he was so immersed in the music played by Saraswati that he could hardly hear Bhrigu's calls. The enraged Bhrigu then cursed Brahma that no person on Earth would ever invoke him or worship him again.

Although Brahma is prayed to in almost all hindu religious rites, there are only two temples dedicated to him in India, the more prominent of which is at Pushkar, close to Jaipur. Once a year, on the full moon night of the Hindu lunar month of Kartika (October - November), a religious festival is held in Brahma's honour. Thousands of pilgrims come to bathe in the holy lake adjecent to the temple. There is also a famous murti(image or deity) of Brahma at Mangalwedha, 52 km from Solapur district in Maharashtra.