Tirttavari Trial for Tirttavari was held on 6 February 2016. For Shiva temples it was held on 22 February 2016 between 12.00 noon and 1.30 p.m. in Mahamaham Tank. For five Vishnu temples it was held on the banks of Kaveri. Those five temples are Sarangapani Temple, Chakrapani Temple, Ramaswamy Temple, Rajagopalaswamy Temple, and Varahaperumal Temple. During Tirttavari processional deities of 12 Shiva temples were kept on the Nandi vahana and went around the main sreets of the town. Later in the Mahamaham tank special abisegams were held to Astradevars and Tirttavari was held. For five Vishnu temples Tirttavari was held to astradevars at Sarangapani Tirttavari mandapa, which was near to Sakkarai ghat known as Sakkara paditthurai in Tamil.