kallAk kuraN^gu paLiN^giR kanikATTa
ellAk kuraN^gum uDan INDi - vallE
irun^dhu ugirAR kal kiLaikkum IN^gOyE mEnip
porun^tha arAp pUNDAn poruppu.

Meaning:
An idiotic monkey showed a fruit in the marble (reflection).
All the monkeys now coming together, tactically sitting (!~),
started to scratch the stone with the nails !
That Ingoymalai is the hill of the One, Who wound snakes
fitting in the form.

(http://siddhanta.shaivam.org/thisl456.htm)

Nakkerar was a Tamil poet, assumed to be lived during Tamil kadai sangam era (around 2200 years before present). A poet with the name of Nakkeerar had contributed significantly to “Prabhandham”, the padhinORAm thirumuRai (eleventh thirumuRai of Saiva Siddthantham), Thirumurukatrupadai, Vinayakar Tiru-Agaval and some more.

The present Madurai town and the tank within the Meenakshi temple are also assumed to be associated with the mentioned incidence. After burnt to death by third eye of the God, he had been resurrected (!!!) from the tank within the temple. The same tank was assumed as the first place where Thiruvalluvar released his Thrirukural. There is a separate temple for him in West Masi street of Madurai.

Unfortunately, we can’t distinguish or separate the myth and Tamil history. If some Tamil experts can write about Nakiran based on historical timeline after separating the myth, it will be very interesting. His poems and braveness are great even if we consider all the superstitious incidences as myth.