A story for a verse - Appayya-dīkṣita at Chidambaram
आभाति हाटकसभानटपादपद्म
ज्योतिर्मयो मनसि मे तरुणारुणोयम् |
नूनं जरामरणघोरपिशाचकीर्णा
संसारमोहरजनी विरतिं प्रयाता ||
Appayya-dīkṣita set out to Kāṣi as he wanted to draw his last breath there. However, upon realizing that he was nearing his death at Chidambaram itself, he laid his head down at the feet of the deity Kanakasabhāpati in the Naṭarāja temple and uttered his last words thus