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High medieval · Hindu · India

Thiruthetriyambalam

திருத்தெற்றியம்பலம்

Thirunangur, Tamil Nadu · 11.1731°, 79.7950°

Pallikonda Senganmal Ranganathar (Vishnu)UndeterminedDravidianDivya Desam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

One of the eleven Thirunangur Divya Desams, with a reclining Ranganatha as its presiding deity; alone among the eleven it keeps both Rama and Krishna as festival deities.

Sthala katha — the traditional account

What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.

Krishna is said to have appeared here as Parthasarathy to begin Arjuna's instruction, and the temple tank is remembered as Arjuna's digging.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined