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The ritual of 艢补颈惫补 temples in the South is greatly enriched through the incorporation into it of the worship of mortal devotees of 艢颈惫补, who were more or less deified. The exclusive basis of this worship is a Tamil 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 entitled 笔别谤颈测补辫耻谤腻峁嘺尘 which is also noted for its literary merits, and contains the accounts of sixty-three saints, all of whom hail from the South. These 狈腻测补苍尘腻谤蝉 belonged to different castes-some of them even to the lowest. The life of each of these saints is depicted in the 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 as having been distinguished by some deed characterized by great religious merit and deep devotion to 艢颈惫补. The images of these saints are installed for worship in the places expressly assigned to them in the temples.

Reference may now be made to a few other ancillary deities of the 艢补颈惫补 religion whose images are never installed for worship in the 艢补颈惫补 temples, but who, all the same, have a distinctive place assigned to them in system of 艢补颈惫补 ritual. These mostly comprise the 腻惫补谤补峁嘺-诲别惫补迟腻蝉, and their presence is always to be mentally assumed at the time of worship. Among them are Ananta, 厂奴办峁�m补, 艢颈惫辞迟迟补尘补, Ekanetra, Ekarudra, 罢谤颈尘奴谤迟颈, 艢谤墨办补峁囜弓丑补, 艢颈办丑补峁囜笉颈苍, Naindin, 惭补丑腻办腻濒补, 叠丑峁涐箙驳颈苍, 痴颈苍腻测补办补, 痴峁涐梗补产丑补, Skanda, 顿别惫墨, and 颁补峁囜笉补. The eight 诲颈办辫腻濒补办补蝉 (Indra, Agni, Yama, 狈颈谤峁泃颈, 痴补谤耻峁嘺, 痴腻测耻, Kubera and 莫艣腻苍补) also fall within this category.

Further, the weapons of these eight gods along with those of 产谤补丑尘腻 and 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 are deified and included in the list of the 腻惫补谤补峁嘺-诲别惫补迟腻蝉. Whenever these deities are invoked over the course of the ritual, the 诲丑测腻苍补艣濒辞办补 gives a detailed description of each to facilitate the worshipper鈥檚 ability to meditate on them, as they are not usually prominently depicted in sculptural representations.