Loganatha Perumal Temple, Thirukkannankudi

Sthala Purāṇam

Sri Loganatha Perumal Temple at Thirukkannankudi, near Sikkal in Nagapattinam district, enshrines Vishnu as Loganatha Perumal, a standing east-facing form whose name means lord and protector of the world; the utsava deity is worshipped as Damodara Narayanan and the Thayar as Aravindavalli. The temple is counted among the Krishnaranya, Pancha Krishna, and Pancha Narayana Kshetrams. Its central legend recounts how the sage Vasishta fashioned an idol of Krishna out of butter and worshipped it with such devotion that the butter never melted. To test the sage, Krishna manifested as a child, ate the butter idol, and fled; when Vasishta pursued the boy, other meditating rishis caught and bound the child to a tree. The Lord then revealed himself as Damodara, the name recalling Krishna bound at the waist by Yashoda's rope. From this episode of the Lord staying here (kudi, abode) the place is said to take its name Thirukkannankudi, and the sacred Magizha (vakula) tree behind the temple, believed never to die, stands as the sthala vriksham. The vimana is the Utpala Vimanam and the sacred waters are the Shravana Theertham. Thirumangai Alvar glorified the Lord here in his pasurams, and tradition links this shrine with the Alvar in his service to Srirangam.

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