: Historically, when a person was afflicted with a "heat-based" disease like smallpox, it was believed that the goddess had "come in person". The hymn was sung while caressing the patient's eruptions with margosa (neem) leaves to soothe both the goddess and the sufferer. English Translation & Key Verses
Un karauthu pirandadamma, kanchagiri indirapuram, Un arule thazaikkavamma, vaiyangal eedera, Un kumaravargam thaan thazhaikka, kombanaye mari muthe, Unakku moondru karakamamma, muthana nar karagam.
Thunai varum Ganapathyai thuthithu pinbu, Mariamman thalattai paada varam tharuvaye. English Translation:
Mentions of prominent Mariamman temples, most notably the Samayapuram Mariamman Temple near Trichy.