This sculpture depicts birth of Lord Murugan. He is born out of the flames from the third eye of Lord Shiva. These flames were carried by the fire God, Agni . After some time, Agni drops it into a holy water source created by Lord Shiva and Ganga. The flames take the form of six children, who later becomes one child with six faces(Arumugha) with the blessings of Lord Shiva. It is said that sole purpose of birth of Arumugha is to kill the demon brothers Suran and padman.