One Nataraja Pillai chased a serpent in order to catch it. But it got itself wound on his right hand. Then he ran immediately into the presence of the Vallalar who addressed the serpent Thou art Ananda Nataraja, the playing Lord of Bliss. It went off from the hand of the former soon, without harming him.

Note

The Vallalar sees the Divine in all beings and creatures. He sees the Divine in the serpent.

One night a devotee while going round the Siddhi Valagam building where the Vallalar stayed, he accidently stepped on a serpent which bit him in the leg and its fangs has pierced into the flesh. He prayed Vallalar, and the poison did not affect him in any way.