Nachiyar Thirumozhi - Namam Ayiram

NOTE : Two options are available - with text and without text. Please make sure to choose your preferred version carefully. In the second decad of the Nacchiyar Tirumozhi, Andal assumes the persona of a little gopika in Gokulam, just as she does in the Tiruppavai. She and her friends are building little dollhouses (sittrils) made of fine sand as part of their worship of Kamadeva. They pray that he, the god of love and desire, will unite them with their beloved Krishna.When Krishna learns of this, he is “deeply hurt”. Why should they turn to another, when He alone is both the means and the goal? So he storms into the courtyard where these girls are secretly carrying out their worship of Manmatha. With one swift kick, all their hopes come crashing down.The little girls are devastated. They literally broke their backs to make these delicate sand castles. And to think it could all shatter in a just moment…As they helplessly cry and complain to their leader, Andal responds to Krishna’s inf