Thirunandipuravinnagaram is traditionally enumerated as number 10 among the 108 Divya Desams — the sacred abodes of Sri Maha Vishnu sung by the Alvars.
This is also one of the Chola Nadu divya desams in Tanjore District. It is known as Nathan koil as also Dakshina Jagannath. It is known as Dakshina Jagannath as this is a temple in the South for Jagannath while the famous Jagannath temple is at Puri in Orissa. This place is three miles southwest of Kumbakonam railway-station. The moolavar here is known variedly as Jagannathan, Nandhi Nathan, as also Vinnagara Perumal. He is seen ina sitting posture facing West, The Thayar is known as Shenbagavalli Thayar. The pushkarini is known as Nandi theertha pushkarini. The vimanam is known as Mandara vimanam. God appeared before Nanthi and Sibhi in response to their prayers. a :
It is said that Nandhi, the vahanam of Lord Siva prayed in this place and got relieved of his curse. Hence it is that this place is known as Nandipuram and the God is known as Nandhinathan. In the moolasthanam, on the wall on the left side one can see the figure of Adhikara Nandhi. It is also said thi:..andivarman, the king built this town and the temple. Thirumangai Alvar in one of his pasurams refers to this place as"Nandi pani seidha nagar". Yet another story connected with this divya desam is relating to the manner in which Sibhi Chakravarthi helped a dove. The story is quite well known but yet bears repetition in a shortened form in order to give the necessary backdrop to this divya desam. Sibhi was an emperor who was well known for his generosity and sense of justice. One day while he was sitting in the royal court, a dove came rushing and fell at his feet seeking protection from a vulture which was chasing the dove. Sibhi then intervened on behalf of the dove and asked the vulture to give up the poor dove. The vulture then said that the dove was its lawful prey for food. Sibhi then offered flesh equal to the weight of the dove from his own thigh. He brought a balance, put the dove on one side and cut a piece of flesh from his body and placed it on the other scale. But curiously the weight of the dove seemed to be more than any amount of flesh that Sibhi offered. Finally without any hesitation, Sibhi said that he would offer himself in lieu of the dove and seated himself on one side of the
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