The poet and a Nanganallur girl

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Dear Members,

 

Continuing my series of miracle stories on the temple.

 

This incident happened some years ago.

 

The temple which was built had a small devoted following.

 

The temple is closed in the night time by 8:30 pm and only on

piurnami it might extend to 9 or 930pm in a rare case.

 

That day after the temple was closed, Pandurangam came out of the

temple. He was a lover of Amba.

 

He belonged to a poor community and a low-caste. He wore nothing but

a torn shirt and a lungi.

 

He was poor and suffering from the obvious pangs of poverty.And he

stayed there near the temple even after it was closed and then kept

walking aimlessly in the area.

 

Then when it was mid night. He came to his senses. He thought his

wandering will do him no good but weaken his bones. So, He decided

to go back to his home.

 

It was 12:30 pm by then. He was passing the temple as he was going

to his home.

 

Suddenly out of nowhere a small girl who looked very beautiful came

near him from darkness. He first thought he was hallucinating. But

later he realised this was real.

 

He asked her " Hey! Little girl...are you mad. You look like a child

from a rich family and why do you roam in this deadly hour here? "

 

The child was wearing a beautiful pavaadai dhavani and looked around

7 years old replied back in Pure Tamil " Yaam engum selbaval, edhilum

niraibaval " (I go anywhere I please and ''fill'' anything i want " .)

 

Pandurangan thought this girl was trying to be funny. He told he did

you see a religious film to talk like this.(He asked whether she

saw 'thiruvilayaadal " movie of shivaji whjere hje speaks like that

to nagesh).

 

The girl replied back in pure tamil " All arts are mine "

 

Pandurangan got irritated and said " ok wise girl if all arts are

mine make me a great poet let me see "

 

The girl laughed out aloud and said " Appadiye Aaagattum " (Thathaasthu

in Pure tamil)

 

And said " I have an errand to run in another home and someone is

calling me so I will go "

 

Pandurangan was amused at this girl's behaviour and mocked her by

showing his abhaya hastha(hands raised postion to bless) and said "

Appadiye' Aaagattum " !!

 

Then he was a walking few steps and then suddenly something struck

him, what errand could that girl possibly have at this hour??????

 

So he turned back and could not find that girl anywhere.

 

He searched all over the area and could not find the girl.

 

Nextday morning he asked everyone in the area(back in those days

nanganallur was not a big locality just a handful of houses)

 

And everyone thought he was talking through his hat.

 

He then went to swami and he said, " Guess who came?? "

 

Pandurangan said " Ambal? "

 

Swami said " Bala Tripuara Sundari who comes to see Her mother

Rajarajeshwaree every night in the temple and you were lucky like

kalidasa to have got poetry from the divine daughter of ambal. Now,

dont waste your time just sing one poem for Devi let me see...Haha! "

 

Pandurangan composed a poem in Tamil praising Bala and he was not

even educated till 5th std!! His verses were of pure Tamil.

 

And he is popular in the Tamil poetic circles and writes in another

penname and rarely in his name as Pandurangan.

 

He is rich now ,thanks to his poetic skill and the blessings of Amba

Rajarajeshwari who sw his plight.

 

Let all good things happen to pure people who come to the temple.

 

Appadiye' Aagattum!

 

Shreeram Balijepalli