SRIRANGAM

At Tirupati they separated and left the idol in the charge of one Kodavar, his son and his nephew. As the Mogul soldiers were to locate the idol at Srirangam, they went on questioning the people. On the way back to Delhi, they gathered the information that the idol was kept hidden theTirupati temple in Tirumalai Hills. 

When this news reached Srirangam, the people there did not readily believe it, as by then 60 years had elapsed, and the persons connected with the incident were dead. The idol was not allowed to be taken to the innermost precincts of the temple, but was allowed to be kept to the west of the Aryapatal entrance in the third prakaram.

The next day, the mysterious re- appearance of the original idol of Nachiyar was noticed. It must then have come to their mind that when Manavala Perumal was taken away, Nachiyar had also mysteriously disappeared, - but now the presence of the idol being there, Nachiyar had mysteriously reappeared. They therefore informed the king of the locality about this. The King heard the full story from the old man but probably could not readily believe it. To ascertain the truth, he wanted to speak to the oldest man of the locality, as the incident happened 60 years back.

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