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Shivanechar was the name of the wealthy man, who lived with his beautiful
daughter Poompavai in Thirumayilapur. He was a devotee of Lord Shiva.As the
marvels performed by Thirunyana Sambandar reached him, his admiration for
the young son of God grew out of bounds.
Such was his devotion to the Lord that in his mind and heart he promised
his beautiful daughter Poompavai in marriage to Thirunyana Sambandar.
One morning Poompavai in her seventh year goes with her friends to the
garden to pluck flowers. In the garden the child gets bitten by a venomous
snake and dies. Her grief stricken father does not lose faith in the Lord, he
collects his child's bones and ashes in an earthern pot and awaits for
Thirunyana Sambandar and to fulfill his promise he had made in his heart .
Thirunyana Sambandar had the pot brought out and in front of Lord Kapali
sang the Pathigam which brings poompavai back to life, the girl rose out of the
pot now in her twelfth year, so beautiful that words could not describe her. The
devotees who had gathered around were overjoyed and sang the praise of the
Lord.