खिरिमिनहा बे दंदि मननारासालानि गिबि आयजोसाधुनिफ्राय मोनबा खर’गोनां जिबौ महरै जोनोमजानाय, बिथोनग्रा मोदाय गेदेमा नागराजाया सिबनि थुलुंगाजों बिष्णुनि अबतार।
Legend has it that the presiding deity Lord Nagraja, born from the first priestess of Mannarasala as a five-headed snake, is an incarnation of Vishnu with the spirit of Shiva.