Nallathangal
Nallathanga (15 th Century) In Virudunagar, Arjunapuram village lived Ramalinga Raja along with his wife Indrani.They had no issues so they took the counsel of wise men and rishi’s. Rishi’s asked them to move to forest and do penance to Lord shiva to begot good children. The couple moved to the forest and did penance and after sometime Lord shiva was pleased with their devoution and rewarded them with a beautiful son. He was named Nallathambhi and after few years Indrani gave birth to a pretty girl child who was named Nallathangal.Ramalinga raja and Indrani was happy to have a boy and girl and gave lot of gifts to the poor. “Ambalathukku oru aanu aadikilaiku oru pennum rombha santhosam ayutanga danam dharmam seithu santhosa patargal” Nallathambhi was trained in warfare while Nallathangal got trained in dance and music. Nallathambhi reached the marriageable age and was married to Kunthala Raja’s daughter Alankari by his parents. Nallathambhi loved his sister very much. Alank