Dear Sabitha :
The Salt is not taken beyond the Garudan Sannidhi
.
It is offered as a PrArthanai to remove various
ills.
Thus the issues related to taking the Salt upto
Garudan Sannidhi
but not beyond respects the promise made by the
Lord during
the time of His marriage to BhUmi DEvi
.
This custom as you know is tied to the
incident described
in the Sthala PurANam , where Bhagavaan makes a
promise to
MaarkanDEya Maha Rishi to grant permission for the
Lord to marry
his daughter BhUmi DEvi to Him ( the Lord , who
appeared as
a old man seeking the hand of the 5 year old BhUmi
DEvi) .
Similar offering of salt is made at Sri Vaidhya
VeerarAghavan Sannidhi at
ThiruveLLUr .
V.Sadagopan
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