Vaitheeswarankoil is in just 6 km towards southwest.
The birth place Avathara Sthalam of the great Vaishnava saint-poet Thirumangai Azhwar also called Kaliyan called ThirukkuRaiyalur is situated near Sirkazhi. The exact birth location where the great Azhwar was born is marked with a small statue of his, just outside the thirukkuRaiyalur Narasimha temple.
