Thirukkannankudi – Sri Loganatha Perumal Temple: The Lord Tied by Devotion

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📜 Sthala Puranam: The Lesson of Devotion
The Butter Idol and Damodharan
The core legend centers on the devotion of Vashista Maharishi:
• The Test: Vashista Maharishi created a beautiful idol of Lord Krishna using butter (Vennai), which miraculously did not melt due to his pure devotion. Lord Krishna, wanting to test and reward the Rishi, transformed into a small boy and began eating the butter idol.
• The Tying: Vashista Maharishi chased the boy, who ran toward a Magizha Maram (tree). Other Rishis performing penance caught the boy and tied him to the tree.
• The Revelation: The boy then revealed Himself as Lord Krishna, standing in the place where he was tied.
• The Name: Because Lord Krishna was tied here by the Rishis, the place is known as Thirukannankudi (Kudi meaning place of stay). The Utsavar is thus called Damodhara Narayanan (Damodhara means “rope around the belly,” as He was tied here and by Mother Yashoda in the Mahabharata).
Core Teaching: This incident, similar to the childhood of Krishna, teaches that even the King of the World (Loganayakan) is not powerful before pure love and devotion and is easily reachable by man through sincerity.

🔱 Temple Deities & Distinctive Features
• Moolavar (Presiding Deity): Sri Loganathan (The King of the World). Also called Shayamala Meni Perumal.
o Posture: Standing Position (Nindra Kolam), facing East.
o Prathyaksham (Appeared to): Bhrigu Maharishi, Brahma Devan, Uparisaravasu, Gowthama Maharishi, and Thirumangai Alvar.
• Utsavar (Processional Deity): Damodhara Narayanan.
• Thayaar (Consort):
o Moolavar Thaayar: Sri Loganaayaki.
o Utsavar Thaayar: Sri Aravindavalli.
• Vimanam (Temple Tower): Utpala Vimaanam.
• Pushkarani (Holy Tank): Raavana Pushkarani. Named to remind devotees that the ultimate downfall of the evil demon Ravana did not go unnoticed by the Lord.

The Living Magizha Tree
• The Magizha Maram (Vagulam), where the Lord was tied, is the Sthala Viruksham and is believed to be eternal (Kaya means never to die). The Utsavar is depicted as being tied to this tree with a rope.
Thirumangai Alvar and the Undefeated Case (Thola Vazhaku)
The phrase “Kaya Magizh – Urangapuli – Thola Vazhaku – Oorakinaru – Thirukannankudi” links this temple to the spiritual history of the Alvars:
• Thola Vazhaku (Undefeated Case): Thirumangai Alvar, while seeking funds to build the compound wall of Srirangam, was chased by monks after stealing a golden Buddha idol near Nagapattinam. He hid the idol near a bush in Thirukkannankudi. Later, through clever argument in court, he won the cases filed against him, hence the term “Thola Vazhaku.”
• Significance: Because Lord Damodhara Perumal guarded the Buddha idol here, He indirectly enabled Thirumangai Alvar to finish the Srirangam wall and invite Nammalwar for the Thiruvaimozhi discourse.

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