Thiruchsemponsey

Thiruchsemponsey, or the Perarulaalan Perumal Temple, is a small Vishnu temple in Thirunangur, a village 10 kilometres from Sirkazhi on the way to Thiruvenkadu. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams praised by the Alvar saints and one of the eleven Thirunangur Tirupathis closely linked with Thirumangai Alvar; Vishnu is worshipped as Perarulalan, with Lakshmi as Allimalar Nachiyar. Like the other ten, it shares the legend of Vishnu taking eleven forms to calm Shiva's furious dance after the death of his consort.

Its own legend says Rama came here after killing Ravana and gave a Brahmin a golden image of a cow, and the Brahmin built the temple with that gold; the name comes from chempon, Tamil for gold. The standing presiding deity faces east, and the festival image, Hemarangar, shares the sanctum with his consort, with a Garuda shrine in line with the central shrine. The Thirumangai Alvar Mangalasasana Utsavam in Thai brings the festival images of all eleven Tirunangur temples together on Garuda mounts.