108 Divyadesam - 70) Tirukodittanam

Details of Kshethram:Moolavar: Adbutha Narayanan Thayaar: Karpagavalli Thayaar Vimanam: Punyakoti Vimanam Pushkarani: Bhoomi Theertham Travel: This kshetram is 3 Kms from Chengannacheri near Kottayam in Kerala.

*** This is one of the five Pancha-Pandava Kshethrams. This temple was established by Sahadeva. Azhwar Pashuram:Namazhwar: 11 Pashurams Sthala Puranam: King Rukmangathan of Suryavamsam is said to have been offering flowers to the Lord daily as a form of . One day the Devas saw the flowers and thought they were to be worshipped first by those beautiful flowers and hence started to steal the flower, making garlands for themselves and adorning themselves with it. One day the king performed a yagam to reveal who was stealing the flowers. The king added lots of medicinal herbs into the divine flames of the yagnam which released a cloud of smoke which revealed the devas wearing the floral garlands. The king told the devas if they had asked for the flowers he would have given it to them without any second question. The king told the devas that they could take the flowers at any time and asked them to return to Amaravati(Devalokam). The devas told the king that they were unable to return as their powers were rendered useless by the divine smoke that came out of the yagnam. The devas told the king that the only way they could return to Amaravati was if someone in the kingdom who was observing with a staunch following without deviating any of the rules gave away the punyam that they gained by following the vratham. The king went searching throughout his kingdom and found a woman who was the only one in the entire kingdom who was religiously following the norms of the vratham. The king explained to her the situation and she gifted away all her punyam to the Devas to enable them to reach Devalokam. ***There are also shrines for Krishna and Narasimhar.