Kanakadasa’s window

The story

Kanakadasa, a saint barred from entering the temple, stayed in a hut behind its western wall. Tradition says an earthquake cracked the wall and the image of Krishna turned west to face him; Vadiraja Tirtha widened the crack into a window instead of sealing it.¹

Devotees still have darshan through this Kanakana Kindi and through the silver-plated Navagraha Kindi with its nine openings.¹