The Divya kshetram TIRUKANNAPURAM is located 6 kms from Nannilam closer to Tiruvarur in Tanjore district of Tamil Nadu.
This place is one of the Pancha krishnaranya shetram (others are Tirukannankudi, Tirukanna Mangai, Tirukannan Kavithalam and Tirukovilur)
The presiding deity is Neelamegha Perumal also called Sowriraja perumal in a standing posture, and the Goddess is Kannapure Nayaki. The sacred water is Nitya pushkarani and the sanctum sanctorum is Uthbalavadaka Vimanam.
Legend has it that Uparisravas, a fishermen king, performed the aswamedha sacrifice and begot a daughter named Padmini, whom he offered in marriage to Lord Vishnu at this shrine. It is believed that Neelamegha perumal vanquished a demon called Veekatakshan with his disc and hence the presiding deity is found with prayoga chakram. It is also believed that the Lord in the sanctum miraculously showed a growth of hair in order to protect the words of a devout priest Rangabhattar and hence attained the name Sowrirajan.
Tirumangai Azhwar is believed to have been initiated at this temple. There is a shrine to Tirumangai Azhwar closer to the temple, and also a temple for Ramanujar.
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