I think most of you must have heard this story.But it is for those who havent.
There is a sying in tamil "oota koothar pattuku rettai thalpal".How did this story originate?There is an interesting version.Kambar and ootakoothar were of same period.They were patronised by kulothinga chola.His queen liked kambar most.King liked ootakoothar most.And kambar and ootakoothar were rivals.
One day king listening to ootakoothar asked kambar to leave his court.Kambar sang the following song and left.
Hearing this episode queen became angry and went and locked her andhapuram door.Whatever the king pleaded did not work out."Unless kambar comes and sings a song i wont open the door" said queen.King told this to ootakoothar.He went to the queen and sang a song,thinking that it would pacify the queen.
An angry queen said "Ootakoothare,for your song,here goes the second lock"(in tamil,ootakoothare,umathu pattuku rettai thalpal) and locked the second lock of the door.King then went and pleaded kambar and he came back and queen opened the door.