Picture of Oothukadu Temple -Lord Shri Krishna Idol. Original article link is presented at the end of the this blog. All copyrights to owner.When anybody says Oothukadu our memory goes to the famous song by Venkatakavi
"Alai paaude" and other songs. His songs are mostly about Lord Krishna with dancing "jathis". I wondered why dance songs? Last year I went to Kumbakonam. In the bus stand, I had seen a bus to Oothukadu. I was tempted to go there. There was Lord Vishnu temple Named VEDA NARAYANA. Oh.....!!!!!! Here a little icon of Kalinganarthana Krishna was there. So cute!! 2.5ft in height. His right hand holding tail of serpent with his left hand, showing "Apaya mudra" on right is indeed a feast to my eyes.
It is so intricately sculptured that one can insert a thin paper between Lords feet and head of serpent "Kalinga". Another leg of Krishna is slightly raised above has scars formed due to the violent beating from Kalinga's tail. Now I got the answer. Venkatakavi inspired with the enchanting image of Kalinga Narthana Krishna in Oothukadu, wrote many Krishna dancing songs. KAMADENU's daughters Patti and Nandhi also here with Lord Krishna enjoying his dance.
In that small temple there is a Sannathi for the great poet VENKATAKAVI. But it is in a bad condition. Every year during the music season (Dec), all the musicians sing and play his songs. Music lovers also enjoying very much. If somebody come forward to renovate his Sannathi, that will be the real tribute to the great Venkatakavi and celebrate his Jayanthi in his Sannathi like Thyagaraja Arathana at Tiruvaiyaru.
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