ālaṅkāṭu
- Identifier:
- Modern Name (NIC):
- Modern Name (M.I.): tiruvālaṅkāṭu
- Modern Name (Govt Press):
- Modern Name: Tiru Ālaṅkāṭu
- Modern District & Taluk: DT ( TK)
- Old administrative location: DT ( TK)
- Taluk: Tiruttaṇi
- District: Ceṅkalpaṭṭu
- Nearby town:
- Railway station:
- Longit. 79 deg. 47'; Latit. 13 deg. 08' [TO15]
- C.D.Maclean-3: entry: , p. , col. , lines
[ , lat. deg. ', long. deg. ']
- Location: according to PK: Toṇṭai Nāṭu (TO15)
- Name inside hymns:
- Name inside PK:
- Rank inside third volume of PIFI: 26
- Rank inside Civastala Mañcari: 26
- Rank on PY576 map: 8
- Total number of patikam-s: 4
- Campantar: 1 patikam
- Appar: 2 patikam
- Cuntarar: 1 patikam
Note (VMS1_45):
This shrine is also known by the name of Paḻaiyaṉūr Ālaṅkāṭu;
this village is very near Ālaṅkāṭu; there is one verse
in the palmleaf manuscript of Peruṅkatai which mentions that
one Ciṉṉaṭaiñcāṉ of this village searched
for the Peruṅkatai and had it copied.
Dr.U.V.Swaminatha Ayyar edition, preface P.XXXVIII,
3rd edition, 1953. The story of one Nīli
who treacherously killed her husband is mentioned
in Cekkiḻar Purāṇam which is an addendum
to Periya Purāṇam, verse 15
- Patikam 1_45
- Patikam 4_68
- Patikam 6_78
- Patikam 7_52