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HERE lived at Sri Nagari, on the banks of the Tamraparni, in the Tinnevelly District, a family of Sudras, who, for generations back, were ardent devotees of MahS Vishnu. The first representative of it, of whom anything is known, was one Sri Vibhuti Natha. One of his descendants was Kari. His father, Porkftri, in search of a good wife for his son, sought and obtained the hand of N&tha NAyikft, the daughter of Kamalaidhita Vaksha, a resident of Tiruvanparichftra, in Malabar. The marriage was a happy one, but the happiness was saddened by the couple not being blessed with what all Hindus so earnestly long for — a son to perpetuate the line.

Once, on his way back to Sri Nagari, from a short visit to his father-in-law, Kari, with his wife, halted at Tirukkurungudy to offer their worship at the shrine of

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