Sri Moorthi at Salagramam

Temple features:
Name of this place	Salagramam
Deity in sanctum	Sri Moorthi north facing standing pose
Consort of Vishnu in sanctum	Sri Devi
Tower is called	Sri Kanaga -Vimanam
Holi tank	River Kantaki
Devotees who have seen the god here	Brahma, Sivan, and Kantaki
Devotional song sung on the deity by	Periyalzhwar
Legend: Thulasi ardently desired to become the consort of Sri Narayana and was in deep penance for over 1000 years. But she married Sanga-choodan, an aspect of Narayana but of 'asura' descent. He was sage-like and very pious. He established a great empire covering this world and the heavens. All 'devas' panicked at his ascendancy and prayed to Rudhra to destroy him There ensued a fight between Rudhra and Sanga-Chooda. The power of Tulasi's chastity and devotion to her husband was the armour protecting Sanga-chooda. Mid-way in the war Vishnu impersonating Sanga-Chooda went to Tulasi and outraged her modesty. With her chastity gone the protection to sanga-chooda was lost and he died in the war. Tulasi realized that the person who got intimate with her was not her husband Sanga-chooda but Sri Narayana. She cursed Narayana that he would become a stone - a hill. Narayana explained to Tulasi that he came to her in the garb of her husband only in answer to her penance earlier praying to become his consort. However Narayana became a hill according to Tulasi's curse. For their association to be more permanent, Narayana said that Tulasi would become a river washing the foot of that hill which he himself became as hill.. Thus Tulasi became the river 'Kantaki' and Narayana became the 'Saligrama' hill Narayana further said that millions of insects would bore into the hill side and chisel small 'saligrama' that would fall into the Kandagi river. People all over would take these home and worhship them as a representation of Narayana   Om Sreem Narayanaya Namo Namaha   Location: This temple is located in nepal on the banks of river Kantaki.                                     Home