This is attributed to the promise he made to the Kauravas not to take weapons during the war. Parthasarathy in the temple is thus depicted with a moustache and having only the conch, without his weapon Chakra.
Krishna was neutral during the war, giving his army to Kauravas and offered himself for the Pandavas. Responding to Arjuna’s confusion and moral dilemma about fighting his own cousins who command a tyranny imposed on a disputed empire, Lord Krishna explains to Arjuna his duties as a warrior and prince, and elaborates on yoga, Samkhya, reincarnation, moksha, karma yoga and jnana yoga among other topics. The Bhagavat Gita is a conversation between Krishna and Arjuna taking place in the middle of the battlefield before the start of the war with armies on both sides ready to battle. Krishna was thus referred as Partha Sarthy, meaning the charioteer of Arjuna. Krishna addressed Arjuna as Partha, the son of Pritha. Kunti (also called Pritha), Arjuna’s mother was the aunt of Krishna and the sister of Krishna’s father, Vasudeva. In the epic Arjuna or partha was a brave warrior and Lord Krishna was a good friend, philosopher and guide to the Partha or Arjuna. In the epic it is said during the great battle of Mahabharata Lord Krishna was the charioteer of Arjuna. It is also believed that the Ramanuja is none other than Parthasarathy himself who was born to revive Vishishtadvaita.Īccording to the great Indian epic ‘Mahabharata’ ‘Partha’ meant Arjuna while sarathy is meant as charioteer. Legend has it that the parents of the Sri Vaishnava saint, Ramanuja came to the temple and prayed to the Lord for a son and eventually the saint was born. Sage Athreya had installed the idol of Parthasarathy. Venkateswara, another form of Vishnu, appeared as Parthasarathy to fulfil his promise to King Sumathi that he would give darshan to the king in this form. The temple also has inscriptions about the Pallava king, Nandivarman of the 8th Century. In later years, endowments of villages and gardens have enriched the temple.
From the internal references of the temple, it appears that the temple was restored during 1564 CE when new shrines were built. Thirumangai Alvar, the 9th century alvar also attributes the building of temple to the Pallava king. The temple has several inscriptions dating from the 8th century in Tamil and Telugupresumably from the period of Dantivarman, who was a Vishnu devotee. The Parthasarathy Temple was originally built by the Pallavas in the 8th century, subsequently expanded by Cholas and later by the Vijayanagara kings in the 15th century.
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