TIRUVANANTHAPURAM

As luck would have it, he heard an angry mother threatening her darling son that she would throw him into Anantakadu, if he persisted naughtiness. Surprised at the mention of Anantakadu, the Swamiji implored. the mother to direct him to that Anantakadu. When enlightened, he at once proceeded faster than his mind, as it were. When he reached this place, where the present temple stands, he heard the ear - splitting sounds of a crashing tree. On reaching the spot, to his rapturous Joy, he. found Sri Mahavishnu lying on the Sahasrasirsha Nagendra. And lo! he was dumb founded at the enormity of the 13 Km long size of the Lord. 

He earnestly requested the Lord to diminish himself to a convenient size for enabling him to perform pujas; he obliged. And it is the self same size, the devotees now see in the temple through three doors. Moreover, the very same wood of the fallen tree was utilized for making the icon of the Lord, and it was worshipped for centuries till the Maharaja Marthandavarma's accession to the throne in 1729 A.D., when there was thorough renovation of the temple including that of Lord's image.

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