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Another legend
current in this part and represented in the fresco painted in the temple wall of
Neelotpalavalli Sannidhi is as follows:
Once upon a time a harlot by name Manicka Nachiyar, according to her established
tradition, used to receive only a person who was wearing Rudraksham. One day Siva,
disguised as an old man with Rudraksham, entered her house. She received him also with
equal respect as he was having a Rudraksham. During
the course of the night he gave her a lot of worries and at last died at her house.
According to tradition, she played the part of the wife in true Hindu custom. When the old
man passed away in her house, she had to perform Sati by following him in the funeral
pyre. |
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