LORD KRISHNA OF TRICHAMBRAM

So his rapturous joy overflowing his whole frame, as it were. Soon Parasurama decided to perpetuate that jubilant mood of Darsan and adoration by humanity through an image. A master sculptor was engaged. The artistry of the sculptor commissioned reached the consummation point with the depiction of that happy mood in the archamurthi. Parasurama was pleased and consecrated it in the temple built then. And it is the same image which is giving Darsan to the visiting public. Credit goes Parasuram for installing this rarity for worship. He then stipulated elaborate injunctions for the conduct of nitya-naimithika Prayer services. 

Later, the Mushakavamsa rajas endowed the temple with several gifts, and renovated it several times. Among them king Vallabha II, and Srikantha surnamed Raja dharma deserve particular mention. They spent lavishly and patronized sculptors and artists on a scale that provoked jealousy among his contemporaries. In the succeeding centuries many royal families renovated it from time to time and the sculptural styles preserved are enabling the archeologists to fix the periods of construction, renovation etc.      

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