The Chandiranaar Temple (also called Kailasanathar temple or Thingalur temple) is a Hindu temple in the village of Thingalur, 33 kilometres from Kumbakonam India Tamil Nadu. The presiding deity is Chandiran/Soma (moon). However, the main idol in the temple is that of Kailasanathar or Shiva. The temple is considered one of the nine Navagraha temples in Tamil Nadu.

The Chandranar Temple, also known as the Kailasanathar Temple, is dedicated to the Moon God, Chandra (Soma). It is one of the nine Navagraha temples located in Tamil Nadu and South India. The primary deity of this temple is Lord Shiva, worshipped here as Kailasanathar, alongside his consort, Goddess Periyanayaki (Goddess Parvati). The temple is renowned for the tradition of performing the first feeding of rice to infants.

he temple is popularly known as the Chandran Sthalam. It is believed that those born in Kadaga Rasi will overcome all the problems in their life if they come here and worship the presiding deity Kailasanathar and the Moon God called Chandran. While the parkadal were churned by the Devas and Demons, one of the demons received the nectar from Lord Vishnu disguising himself in the form of Deva. This came to the knowledge of Lord Vishnu by Chandran. When he angrily cut the demon into two pieces, they joined with the head and tail portions of a snake and evolved as Raaghu Baghavan and Kedhu Baghavan. Both of them wanted to take revenge on Chandran but with the mercy of Lord Shiva, Chandran got the boon of growing and diminishing in size leading to Full moon Day(Pournami) and No moon day (Amavasya).

The speciality about this temple is that, round the year, thousands of devotees visit this temple to worship Chandran, the Moon God. During the tamil months of Puratasi (September - October) and Panguni(March-April), it is very surprising to see the moon's rays fall directly on the presiding deity. The offerings made to the Moon God are normally white in color like White Arali Flower(Ghanera), white clothes, Rice mixed with Jaggery. Thingalur Chandranar Temple has a historical relevance with an ardent devotee called Appoothi Adikal and another popular saivate saint called Thirunavukkarasar.

Thingalur Chandra Bhagawan Temple is a very significant temple, since it is the only temple in the Tamil Nadu where the pooja specific to Chandra Bhagwan is done. Thingalur is derived from the term 'Thingal which means Chandran or Moon in Tamil language. The main deity the Kailasanathar is worshipped for Moon and it is believed that anyone who worships the lord here and performs the pooja as per the stringent rituals benefit a lot and are rid of the Chandra dosam. There are many benefits of observing this pooja. For women who observe this pooja consistently for 5 Mondays, are blessed with well-being, marriage and offspring. Others benefit the fruit wealth, health and happiness.