it is believed that if a person performs 100 yaagams, that person has the same status of indran. after mezhathol performed 99 yaagams, indran, worried that he may lose his power, requested mezhathol not to perform the 100th yaagam. mezhathol declined, explaining that he was not performing the yaagams for personal gain, but to retain the culture of yaagam amongst brahmins. at this, indran gave mezhathol and his seven associates the same status as himself.