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Our father who took away the suffering of the long-trunked elephant Gajendra when he was caught by a crocodile and carried Govardhana mountain as an umbrella and saved the cows and cowherds from the storm stays in Thirumaṇikkuḍam in Nangur blooming with fragrant flowers in the groves that shed honey where the Kaviri river with flourishing water flows bringing gold and leaving it on its banks.
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Our father who drank milk from the breasts of Putanā whose teeth were sharp as swords, and who shot his powerful arrows to kill the Rākshasas in Lanka and take away the suffering of the people stays in Thirumaṇikkuḍam in Nāngur where women with sweet mouths as red as kovvai fruits bathe in the Kaviri river and the kumkum ornamenting their breasts is washed off and mingles with the water, making it divine.
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Our father who conquered the Asuran Kesi when he came as a horse, went between two marudu trees and destroyed the Asurans, and fought with seven bulls and married Nappinnai, embracing her beautiful arms, stays in Thirumaṇikkuḍam in Nāngur where generous, virtuous Andaṇars recite the Vedas well and perform fire sacrifices.
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Our father who fought angrily with the long-trunked elephant Kuvalayābeedam and broke its tusks, killed the Asurans when they came as kurundu trees breaking them, killed Bahasuran, splitting open his beak when he came as a bird, and defeated Arishṭāsuran when he came as a bull stays in Thirumaṇikkuḍam in Nāngur where a monkey eats a mango fruit and then goes to a banana tree and eats bananas, scaring away the bees that swarm around it.
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Our father who cut off with a sword the nose and ears of dark Surpanaha, the princess of Lanka, when she came opening her cave-like mouth stays in Thirumaṇikkuḍam in Nāngur where the innocent earth goddess and the divine Lakshmi stay always with him.
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Our father who is the earth, the sun, the moon and all other things and has taken the forms of a fish, a dwarf, a swan, a boar, a man-lion and a horse stays in the Thirumaṇikkuḍam temple in Nāngur where warriors chased off the northern Cholas and the strong southern Pandiyan kings and defeated them.
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Our father who is the mountains, the sky, the earth, cool water, the moon, the hot sun and all other things stays in Thirumanikkuḍam temple in Nāngur where a breeze blows spreading fragrance everywhere through mandrams, fields, groves and palaces.
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Our father who is doubt, bravery, lies and truth, the cloud that nourishes the earth and all other things stays in Thirumanikuḍam temple in Nāngur where vālai fish drink honey dripping from lotuses and jump while beautiful kayal fish frolic in the ponds.
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Our father who is sin, dharma, moksha, happiness, sorrow, anger, compassion and all good qualities stays in Thirumaṇkkuḍam temple in Nāngur where sages and all the gods come and worship him saying, “Of all the three gods he is dearest to us.”
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Kaliyan, the chief of Thirumangai adorned with beautiful garlands composed ten pāsurams praising the god of Thirumaṇikkuḍam Koyil in Nāngur where the moon shines above palaces. If devotees learn and recite these pāsurams they will rule this world surrounded by the ocean and go to the golden world of heaven, becoming stars and shining in the sky where the sun and moon move.