(i) Pond inside the temple at Tirumōkūr as well as outside! The ponds, outside the temple precincts, are studded with lotus while the Lord, enshrined within, looks like yet another such lotus pond, what with His complexion resembling the lotus leaf, His eyes and lips, hands and
feet, looking like the red lotus in fresh bloom. Śrī Rāma, the valiant son of King Daśaratha,
In this eighth pāśuram, our revered Āzhvār lovingly instructs us with the paramount assurance that as we surrender unto the valiant son of Emperor Daśaratha, who is mercifully standing in the divine kṣetram of Thirumōgūr, all our sorrows will be vanquished. The Āzhvār extends his call to all devotees who are suffering, particularly those who feel they have no companion