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Temple legend · 2 tellings · contested

Two origins of Padmanabhaswamy

Either Parashurama consecrated the reclining image, or Vishnu appeared to the sage Vilwamangalam as a mischievous boy and became a falling tree that took the shape of Ananta Padmanabha.

Padmanabhaswamy, Parashurama, Vilwamangalam Swamiyar, Vishnu

South India