 According to legend, there once lived a young boy Chandesa who offered the milk given to him for sale to the ablution of "lingam" he made of sand.His father kicked the "lingam" in anger, whereupon the boy cut off his father's leg with an axe.Shiva appeared and appointed him as the chief of "ganas"(dwarf attendants), and decreed that Chandesa must also be worshipped daily in Shiva temples.