The
emperor was plea and offered a reward to the troupe. The party submitted their desire get
back the idol of Alagiya Manavala Perumal. The emperor
wanted to know where it was. The troupe informed the emperor that the idol was with the
emperor's daughter in the harem.
The emperor agreed their request
and permitted them to take it away. It was difficult get it from the princess. So they
planned to make her sleep with the wonderful music, when it would bepossible to remove the
idol.
Went on entertaining her with enchanting music as
a lullaby to induce her to sleep. When the princess fell asleep the idol was quickly
removed and carried fast to Srirangam. The Mogul emperor found the
next morning that his daughter in a bad state of despair at the loss of the idol from her
bed chamber. The princess was in
a love-lorn state and, when it was found difficult to bring her to normalcy, the Mogul
emperor sent her to Srirangam along with
a posse of soldiers under a commander with orders to bring the idol back. When the
princess and her escort reached
Srirangam they found the temple doors closed.
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