The Life
Kazharsinga was a mighty king of the Pallava line, traditionally identified with Rajasimha (Narasimhavarman II), who ruled justly and conquered many northern kingdoms, all with the single aim of reaching Shiva's feet. Once he came with his queen to worship at a Shiva temple. In the hall where flowers were gathered for the Lord's garlands, the queen picked up a fallen bloom and smelled it, an act forbidden, for flowers meant for God must not be enjoyed first. Seeing this, the devotee Seruthunai severed her nose. When the king learned the cause, far from punishing the devotee he judged the queen's offence graver still and cut off the very hand that had lifted the flower. His uncompromising reverence won Shiva's grace. His guru puja falls in Vaikasi under Barani.