Arjuna desired salvation as boon from Lord Shiva .In Kaliyuga he was born as Thinna. Potthap nadu is part of Andhra. There is small village Udumuru inhabitated by boyas. The couple Nathanatha his wife Thandhe gave birth a male child by the Grace of Lord SIVA. They named their son as Thinna.the boy grew as a highly skilled Archer..During his hunt,he was tired and slept.Lord Shiva appeared in his dream and advised him to worship Shivalinga on the bank of River Mogileru.Thinna woke up and saw a bore.He started chasing it .it brought him to place where Shivalinga Exits .on seeing Shivalingam.Thinna prayed Lord to come to his place. All his efforts were in vain. So Thinna decided to stay there and started his worship.Everyday Thinnadu went to forest to hunt.He bake the bore meat to a delicious dish, to offfer to Lord.Before Offering ,he atested a pieace of know how delicious the meat-He kept the cooked meat in leaf.He brought Bilva patra .flowers on his head.His bow and arrows are on his showdelrs.For bathing Lord,He brought water in his mouth.He perfomed abhishekam with water in his mouth.He offered the tasted food to the Lord.Thinna was very happy as the Lord relished his offerings. During that time Sivagochara,learned priest was also performing puja to the Lord. The priest was upset when he saw the puja done by Thinna.Then the priest qeusttoned the Lord who was the noodie who did such unholistis offerings He threatened Lord that he would end his life if He did not reveal who did so.Lord Shiva told that a Chenchu Devotee was offering the puja.
The Lord asked the Priest to hide himself near by,to know how great devote was the Chenchu
As Uuual Thinna offered meat to Lord Shiva.But Shiva did not accepted the dish Thinna was highly perturbed.Then he started asking Shiva the reasons for His Silence.At last he observed that water is oozing from one eye. Looking at Lord`s eye.Thinna felt that the Lord had eye disease.He warmed his loin cloth in his mouth and pressed on the eye.But it was not helpfull.Then he brought several herbals and treated the eye.at last all his treatments failed.Blood started coming from the eye.Then Thnna felt thathe should replace Lords eye with his eye.When he did so .Lord`s eye was cured.Thinna felt very happy.A minute Later,the second eye started bledding.To heal the second eye Thinna throught similar treatment would heal.He place his leg on the Lords eye to locate it after removing his another eye.He tried to remove his another eye also. Pleased with this devotion.Lord with his beloved consort Parvathi Devi,Appeared before Thinna and stopped him from removing another eye.Lord Blessed both Thinna and Sivagochara with sayujya mukthi
since then the Chench Thinna was known as Kannappa an apt name to such Great devotee who offered his own eyes.He is symbol of dedication and innocent Devotion.There after kannappa is an ideal to devotees all over the world.Every one who visits Srikalahasthi goes a top the kannappa hill and pay there their respects ho him.Let us also pay our tributes to such Emancipated Soul