Thiruppaarththanpalli

Thiruppaarththanpalli, the Taamaraiyaal Kelvan Perumal Temple, lies near Thirunangur, about 8 km east of Sirkali towards Thiruvenkadu. It is one of the eleven Thirunangur Tirupathis and the only one of them praised by an Alvar besides Thirumangai Alvar. The Padma Purana tells how a thirsty Arjuna, on pilgrimage, was given a sword by Krishna and struck the ground with it, releasing the water of the Katka tank. Krishna then taught him as Parthasarathy, so the place became Parthanpalli, the school of Partha.

The west-facing temple has a single walled enclosure with separate shrines for the presiding deity, his consort Shenbagavalli and Arjuna, who is shown holding a sword. Festival images of Rama and Krishna are kept together in the main shrine, an arrangement found at no other temple. An Agastya shrine was added at the May 2015 consecration. On the Aadi new moon the deity is carried in procession to the sea at Poompuhar, and the Thai Garudasevai brings all eleven Thirunangur deities together.