BHAGAWATHI OF GHENGANNUR

She was crest fallen; for it was-dishonour to her own town, and her husband, whose mantrikasati was unparalleled. In the same night the boy had a dream and he was provided with a small pipe by the Naga King himself with sufficient guidance to tackle the bogus Tamilian Mantrika.

On the next morning the boy went to temple and before a huge number of Bhaktas assembled for prayer, he loudly proclaimed whether the Tamilian was really poison-proof and was fearless of snakes as boasted on the previous day. The falsifier was at his wits end, yet false prestige goaded him to keep up his statement.  

Then the boy unleashed the serpent from the pipe. And lo! a fierce black Cobra emerging from the pipe advanced towards the deceiver with fangs dilating. Shivering all over he begged the boy to save him. Taking pity on him, the boy bade the snake withdraw into the pie. It did. The Tamilian mantrika to atone the sins of his overbearing arrogance deposited all his paraphernalia-medicines in a pit pear Kuttambalam and covered it with a stone slab before his departure. 

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