While in Madras, Vallalar used to go to Tiruvottiyur temple through a bye lane instead of the main car shed (chariot shed , தேரடி வீதி)street. But one day he happened to go instead through the main street. There was a naked sanyasi sitting on the pial of a house in that street. He would comment on people going that way as an ass is going, a bull is going, On the day Vallalar passed through that road, the naked sanyasi hailed him in praise as Here is one highly noble man (Uthama purusha) coming and so commenting he immediately covered the parts of his body ( as if in honour to the great man who was passing through). Vallalar said a few words to him and that very night the latter left the place.

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