Kulacēkarar, a Cēra prince, sings of both Rāma and Krishna, identifying himself with several roles in the holy legends: a gopī in love with Krishna or his mother, Devakī, who misses nursing him, or the exiled Rāma’s father, Daśaratha. Tiruppāṇāḻvār, an untouchable poet (pāṇan̥), sang…
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