He is a god, an ideal, a magnet for the women who flock to him. They are scribes, editors, messengers, scholars. Some are warriors, some run households while others run kingdoms, and they are all involved in varying degrees with him, the god Murugan. He, on his part, is equally, hopelessly, in love with some of them. A play of words and ideas united by the theme of prayer, this is an emotionally charged and deeply sensual collection of love poems.