The original name of Karunanidhi is Dakshinamoorthy, this is the message from Thirukkuvalai his birth place in Thiruvarur district. he still offers prayers to the mariamman temple near his house and to the Ancient Shiva temple which has Emerald Lingam and one of the saptha vida lingamgal in the south. He is a ASADAPOOTHI and very good actor. His wife Dayalu ammal goes to Devi Karumari amman Temple at thiruverkadu every friday. and in front of karunanidhi's house there is one Lord Krishna Mandhir every take he takes a round of the temple in his car before going to secretariat. Some people are lair by profession and some people are professional liars, but in the case of karunandihi by birth itself he is a liar since he does not know the name of his father
