| God Nataraja also
said to the priests of the temple in their dream: "My devotee Nanda waits outside.
Light a big fire. Ask him to enter it, and afterwards bring him into My temple." Accordingly, the next day, the priests met Nanda outside the gate.
They lit a big fire, and Nanda entered it joy -fully. He was
not at all hurt. He came out of the fire looking like a rishi.
Then the priests took him inside the temple.
But as soon as Nanda went near God Nataraja is suddenly
disappeared!
They say Nanda became one with God Nataraja.
Such was the devotion of Nanda.
We think of him today as a great saint and call him
Nandanar.This word is a respectful term for Nanda. |
