Thiruvenkadu (also spelled Thiruvengadu) is a village in Sirkazhi taluk of Mayiladuthurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
[2] It is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the taluk headquarter, Sirkazhi.
The village is also the birth place of Pattinathar, a saivite Tamil scholar and saint who attained salvation in Thirvotriyur near Chennai.
The main deity is Swetharaneswarar (Shiva) but there is a separate sannidhi for Budhan (Mercury).
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