Decad:3? Kandapaththu Decad of Vision) Sub-tfte: Niruththa harisarıarı (Vision of the mystic Dance) Abstract: In this decad the saint narrates with joy his experience of vision of the mystic Dance of Civan at This lai. (Thillai is the ancient name of Inodern Chidambaram. This town was then surrounded by dense groves of Thillai which is the Tamil name of Excoeceria agallocha. Thillai grows even now as a small tree in the nearby mangrove) at Pitchaavaram,a village to the east of Chidambaram. The saint was blessed enough to have the vision of God three times, the first at Thirupperumthurai, the second at Thirukkazhukumdram {= Sacred Eagle's Hill) and the third at Thijiai (Chidambaram) as indicated in the three decads 29.30 and 31 respectively. The saint sings that "God entered me when I had not taken shape, entered my flesh and established Himself in my mind (3). Bestowing unfailing love on me that the light of grace may grow high in my mind, clarified the reasoning aspect of my mind(1), revoked my Karma, severed my bonds (9) and made me all Bliss- Civan Himself (1). 662
