Lord Sudarshanar Chakrathazhwar Along with Narasimhar

Lord Sudaeshanar Chakrathalwar has a shrine for himself in most of the temples associated with Lord Narayana. He is known to have the combined grace of Lord Varaha and Lord Narasimha. Sudarshanar or Sudarshanam is also known as Thiruvazhialwan and he is the most important weapon of Lord Vishnu.

Seeing the devotion of Vishnu, Lord Shiva was very pleased and told him to ask for a boon. Then Lord Vishnu asked for the boon of invincible weapons to destroy the demons. Then Lord Shiva bestowed the Sudarshan Chakra to Vishnu.

Sri Sudarshanar is known to protect the true devotees of Lord Hari or Narayana. On one occasion he did his part by protecting the great devotee Raja Ambareesha from a fiend dispatched by the age angry Sage Durvasa on him. Sudarshanar annhiliated the fiend and sought to finish off Sage Durvasa. It was only because of the request of Ambareesha that the sage was spared. Sudarshanar acted with great alacrity on behalf of Lord Narayana and saved Gajendra, the elephant who was caught by a crocodile. Sudarshanar hacked the crocodile at the behest of Lord Vishnu. The false Vasudeva who was known as Poundrika Vasudeva was vanquished by Sudarshanar who was despatched by Lord Krishna. The Mahabharata war was fought over eighteen days and Abhimanyu, the son of Arjuna was killed due to the deciet of the Kauravas and their brother in law Jayadratha. Arjuna had taken an oath that he would extinguish himself by setting himself on fire if he did not kill Jayadratha by sun down of the fourteenth day of the big war at Kurukshethra. At around sunset, Sudarshanar was made to create an artificial sunset and Jayadratha emerged out of the shadows. Immediately, Lord Krishna withdrew the holy Sudarshanar and brave Arjuna used the oppourtunity to slay Jayadratha. Thus Sudarshanar played his role in the war.

Make: made in heavy shining brass.
Dimensions: 9.5 inches (H) x 7 inches (W)
Weight: 2.2 kgs approx