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Thirunallar kalinga king cursed
A king of the Kalinga country who was cursed to take the form of a wild elephant along with his queen and prince and Roam about in the wilderness because of an unpremeditated slight he offered to Sage Bhagava shed his animal existence along with the members of his family by Sage Narada's intercession who had directed the accursed king to go to Darbharanyeswara and manage to get a drop of the water fall on his body from the head of a pilgrim who just had a dip in the sacred Brahma Thirtha.
Accordingly, the King his Consort and son were transformed to the is former *elves. When a drop of his sacred water fell on them from the head of a pilgrim who was mopping his wet hair just after a bath in the sacred tank.