Sri Vadiraja Tirtha had heard about this pious devotee of the Lord and made arrangements for his stay in a hut on the roadside in front of the temple.
Kanaka Dâsa used to play on his tambura and sing in the hut, but he used to think of how the idol of Krishna would have looked like.
In desperate pain, he sang a song Baagilanu teredu, Seveyanu kodo Hariye (Open the door, O Hari and help me), When he finished singing, his chains snapped, an earthquake occurred and the wall exploded, shattering the bricks.
The Udupi Krishna temple is an exception, visitors enter from the East and go around to see the idol which faces West.
Peeping through this window, a pilgrim can have a ready flashing sight of Krishna's image without entering the temple.