Thiruppaarthanpalli (Thamaraiyaal Kelvan Perumal
Temple), Thirunangur – The Temple
It is
located close to Thirunangur, a small village, 8 km east of Sirkali en route to Thiruvenkadu. The temple complex has a
single prakaram
(closed precincts of a temple) and separate shrines for Tamaraiyan
Kelvan Perumal facing west, Shenbagavalli Thayar facing east. The vimana of the temple is called Narayana Vimanam and water
body associated with the temple is called Katka Theertham. The festival
images of Tamaraiyan Kalvan, Krishna and Rama, are stored in the shrine of Tamaraiyan Kelvan.
This is
the only temple where the images of Rama and Krishna are housed in the same
shrine. The main gateway tower, the Rajagopuram faces west and the temple is surrounded by walls.
The temple tank is located in the southern side outside the temple complex.
There is a separate hall in the temple complex that houses the chariot and
festival chariots. The festival deity has four consorts namely,
Sridevi, Bhudevi, Neeladevi and Jambavathy.
Following
the legend of sage Agasthiyar, a separate shrine of Agasthiyar was built during
the consecration of the temple in May 2015. The Moolavar is Thamaraiyaal Kelvan
also called Parthasarathy, Lakshmi Rangar in a standing posture facing east
with the Thayar Thamarai Nayaki. There is an Utsava Moorthi of Ramar called
Kolavalli Raman with Sankhu, Chakra, Ghadhai, bow and arrow.
Theertham
of this temple are Sankara Saras Pushkarani, Ganga theertham. As the
Ekadasa Rudhiran got Dharsan here, the Pushkarani is known as Shankara Saras
where Shankara means Lord Shiva and as an honour to Ganges which is in the top
of Lord Shiva’s head, it is also known as Ganga Theertham.
