#THREAD
Remember Bedara Kannapa Movie ?
Its just not a Movie, its our History,
3d carvings on stone, Virupaksha Temple, Hampi.
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1.Kannappar was a staunch devotee of Shiva and is closely associated with Srikalahasteeswara Temple.He was a hunter and is believed to had plucked his eyes to offer to Srikalahasteeswara linga, the presiding deity of Srikalahasti Temple.

2.He is also considered one of the 63 Nayanars or holy Saivite saints, the staunch devotees of Shiva. According to historical chronicles, he was Arjuna of the Pandavas in his past life.

3.Once,Shiva tested d unshakable devotion of Thinna(Kannappar).With his divine power,He created a tremor and d roof-tops of d temple began to fall.All d sages ran away from d scene except for Thinna who covered d linga with his body to prevent it from any damage.

4.Hence he was named thereafter as Dheera(valiant one).
Thinna noticed that one of d eyes of d Shiva linga was oozing blood and tears.Sensing that Lord Sri Bhalanetra's eye had been injured, Thinna proceeded to pluck his one eye out with one of his arrows,

5.and placed it in the spot of the bleeding eye of the Shiva linga. This stopped the bleeding in that eye of the linga. But to complicate matters further, he noticed that the other eye of the linga has also started oozing blood.

6. So Thinna thought that if he were to pluck his other eye too, he would become blind to exactly know the spot where he has to place his own second eye over the bleeding second eye of the lingam. So he placed his great toe on the linga to mark the spot of the bleeding

7.second eye and proceeded to pluck out his other and only eye. Moved by his extreme devotion, Lord Sri Priyabhakta appeared before Dinna and restored both his eyes. He made Thinna one of the Nayanmars and he was called as Kannappan or Kannappa Nayanar.