Steeped in mythologies and eulogised by the Azhwars in their sacred hymns in Tamil canonized as Divya Prabandhams the Parthasarathy temple at Tiruvallikkeni or Triplicane, because the Britishers referred to as it, happens to be the oldest temple within the town. The existence of the Tiruvallikeni village is seen in records chemical analysis back to the Pallava amount and earlier. The village's name itself comes from liliaceous plant pool ahead of the temple, wherever it it aforementioned that divinity Vedavalli, consort of Lord ranganatha, one in every of the 5 main deities, was born in a very liliaceous plant flower. the pool itself was amidst a Tulasi forest(densed with Basil trees). therefore the temple forms the core of the area's history.