Having maintained the fires according to the lore of the Vēda-s which they learnt.
in Tillai where brahmins live who have destroyed the evil effects of Kaliyukam (poverty).
the feet of the primordial one who adorns his head with the crescent of the third phase and who resides with desire in Ciṟṟampalam, to the exclusion of other things.
sins will not adhere to people who have caught hold of (those feet).


The thillai (chidambaram) brahmins follow the dharma as taught by the vedas and perform various yagnas maintaining the stipulated fires. They help the world by destroying poverty and other evils by following such dharma. Siva, the primal Lord wearing the young bright crescent moon, dwells in the citRambalam temple. All those who hold His feet in their heart will be rid of their sins.