Vellimalainathar Temple, Tiruthengur (Thiruthangur)

01Clear water at the deluge

Then is coconut, and the coconut palm is the sthala tree. The temple’s katha says that when the sea rose at the pralaya and swallowed the land, clear water stood still at this one place. Ahalya, Lakshmi and the nine grahas are named among those who worshipped here. Sambandar’s padigam made Tiruthengur the 116th Tevaram shrine south of the Kaveri. It is about 1 km from Tirukkollikkadu and 2 km from Tirunellikka, so the three are often visited together.