Tirukannangudi is a Vishnu divyadesam situated 2 Kms from Sikkal on Tiruvarur Nagapattinam Highway.
The Moolavar here is worshipped as Lokanatha Perumal and His consort is Lokanayagi.
The processional deity is known as Damodara Perumal.
This is a Pancha Krishna kshetram.
The legend is that Lord Krishna appeared as a small kid in front of sage Vasishta and he ran with the butter from the idol sage was worshipping. Sage got angry and chased the kid. They ran and reached a holy place where some rishis were doing penance. The rishis blocked the little boy and tied him on a tree. Krishna then gave them darshan and rishis requested him to stay there to bless all the devotees. Krishna accepted and stayed here as Damodara Perumal and this place came to be known as Kannangudi.
Thirumamgai Azhwar has stayed at this place and there are some interesting events that took place during his stay here. Read it here
Other Panchakrishna kshetrams are Tirukoilur, Kapisthalam, Tirukannapuram and Tirukannamangai
Phone Number-04365 245 350
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2 comments:
Thank you for this nice post.I went through the links to know about the strange happenings to Tirumangai Alwar like the dry well,pending court case and the tamarind tree waking up the alwar by shedding its leaves.
Thank you Kp.
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