Patala Srinivasar

It is a well known story , where Sage Brighu kicked the chest of Vishnu, and Mahalakshmi got angry and went to Kolhapur to do penance as he had kicked the place where she resided in the lord( in his chest). Later on as we know Lord Srinivasa married Padmavathi. Since the lord had married another person, Lakshmi went to the lord to demand an explanation for his actions. As he knew that he couldn't face her, he ran down south and hid underground in kumbakonam. Even to this day, in the prakaram of the Sarangapani temple , one can have a darshanam of the lord Srinivasar, known as patala Srinivasar( since hes's hiding underground or patala).

        

Patala Srinivasar sannidhi