The Guru came to the conclusion that he was not an ordinary child, but a divine
power. After completing his education under the Guru, Manikandan approached the
Guru to offer his Guru Dakshina.When Manikandan went to his Guru for his blessings,
the Guru told him that he already knew that he was a divine power and he was blessed
for having been given an opportunity to have Manikandan as a student. The Guru
further told Manikandan that he had one request to make and that was that his only
son who was dumb should be given speech. Manikandan called the Guru's son and put
his hands on his head and immediately Guru's son had his speech. Manikandan requested
the Guru not to reveal this to anyone and went to the Palace.
In the meanwhile, the Queen gave birth to a male child and the child was named
RajaRajan. King Rajasekara, impressed with the talents of Manikandan, decided
to crown him, treating him as his eldest son. He ordered the Diwan to make
arrangements for the same. The Diwan hated this and started devising plans to
prevent Manikandan from being crowned to the throne and to annihilate him. He
tried various methods including poisoning of food, but failed in all these.
However, Manikandan's body bore an injury due to these and ordinary physicians
could not cure it. Lastly, Lord Shiva disguising himself as a physician, treated
Manikandan's injury and cured him.
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