One of the Pancha Krishna Kshetram. (Thirukkannapuram, Thirukkannangudi, Thirukkannamangai, Kapisthalam and ) Therezhundur = ther + Ezhundur = ratham destroyed.
The sthala purana connects this place to a King by name Uparisaravasu, he prayed to Lord Brahma and was conffered a boon that none could defeat him even his chariot would be supreme and there could be no hurdle even to his chariot irrespective of whether it travelled on earth or sky. The now arrogant king thought he was invincible. once when he was riding in the sky his queen saw a beautiful temple and expressed her desire to offer prayers at the temple of Aamaruviappan. the king in his arrogance denying the request also said that on whoever the shadow of the chariot fell should be destroyed. this happened to include a no of cattle grazing on the ground which were destroyed. Perumal saw all this and decided to teach the king a lesson. Garudalwar who was near him just pressed his toes on the shadow of the chariot and as a consequence the ratha got pulled and fell into the pushkarini throwing the royal couple into the tank. when they were rescued from the tank they saw Agastiyar rishi praying on the banks of the pushkarini. agastiyar rishi however guided them to approach the perumal in the temple and the King when he went to the temple saw in the place a small cow heard boy with the traditional turban in normal clothes with other small children around him. he wondered how the small children could help bring his ratha submerged in the puskarini out. any way he put in his request. The cow heard boy who had a losely tied turban round his head smiled and said in return he wanted 1000 pots of freshly churned butter. the king thought that was so small a request and consented. how ever he was able to procure only 999 pots of butter. he thought he would trick the children and filled the last pot with water. When this was offered to the cowherd boy the boy first inspected that pot which was filled with water. the king was suprised to see that that same pot now held butter. and all the other 999 pots when inspected held water. He immediately realised this was no ordinary child. he fell at the child's feet and sought forgiveness. the Lord appeared before him in all his glory. In this temple you can see the idol of a cow and calf along with Krishna's idol. The Moolavar is known as Devadirajan, he is seen in the standing posture facing east. to his left are Garuda and Kaveri thai in a semi kneeling pose. to the lords right is the idol of Prahaladha. the moolavar holds in his right had a mace which rests on the ground. the utsavar known as Amaruviappan along with Rukmini and Satyabhama and also a cow and calf. another unique feature here Krishna is seen with four hands. The goddess is Sengamalavalli, the puskarini is darasana puskarini, garuda vimanam god appeared to King Uparisaravasu, Kaveri and Agastiyar. a couple of other stories too are associated with this temple of interesting vigrahams. a story of Siva and ?Vishnu playing dice and Parvathy favouring Vishnu too is interesting but the turn the story takes is difficult to digest.
The sthala purana connects this place to a King by name Uparisaravasu, he prayed to Lord Brahma and was conffered a boon that none could defeat him even his chariot would be supreme and there could be no hurdle even to his chariot irrespective of whether it travelled on earth or sky. The now arrogant king thought he was invincible. once when he was riding in the sky his queen saw a beautiful temple and expressed her desire to offer prayers at the temple of Aamaruviappan. the king in his arrogance denying the request also said that on whoever the shadow of the chariot fell should be destroyed. this happened to include a no of cattle grazing on the ground which were destroyed. Perumal saw all this and decided to teach the king a lesson. Garudalwar who was near him just pressed his toes on the shadow of the chariot and as a consequence the ratha got pulled and fell into the pushkarini throwing the royal couple into the tank. when they were rescued from the tank they saw Agastiyar rishi praying on the banks of the pushkarini. agastiyar rishi however guided them to approach the perumal in the temple and the King when he went to the temple saw in the place a small cow heard boy with the traditional turban in normal clothes with other small children around him. he wondered how the small children could help bring his ratha submerged in the puskarini out. any way he put in his request. The cow heard boy who had a losely tied turban round his head smiled and said in return he wanted 1000 pots of freshly churned butter. the king thought that was so small a request and consented. how ever he was able to procure only 999 pots of butter. he thought he would trick the children and filled the last pot with water. When this was offered to the cowherd boy the boy first inspected that pot which was filled with water. the king was suprised to see that that same pot now held butter. and all the other 999 pots when inspected held water. He immediately realised this was no ordinary child. he fell at the child's feet and sought forgiveness. the Lord appeared before him in all his glory. In this temple you can see the idol of a cow and calf along with Krishna's idol. The Moolavar is known as Devadirajan, he is seen in the standing posture facing east. to his left are Garuda and Kaveri thai in a semi kneeling pose. to the lords right is the idol of Prahaladha. the moolavar holds in his right had a mace which rests on the ground. the utsavar known as Amaruviappan along with Rukmini and Satyabhama and also a cow and calf. another unique feature here Krishna is seen with four hands. The goddess is Sengamalavalli, the puskarini is darasana puskarini, garuda vimanam god appeared to King Uparisaravasu, Kaveri and Agastiyar. a couple of other stories too are associated with this temple of interesting vigrahams. a story of Siva and ?Vishnu playing dice and Parvathy favouring Vishnu too is interesting but the turn the story takes is difficult to digest.
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