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Tirukannankudi, Tamil Nadu · 10.7572°, 79.7633°
One of the 108 Divya Desams, near Nagapattinam, where Vishnu presides as Loganatha behind a five-tier rajagopuram; later patronage came from Vijayanagara and Madurai Nayak rulers.
Krishna is said to have snatched sage Vasishtha's butter offering as a child and, chased to this spot, granted the assembled sages leave to dwell here forever.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Chola