Thirupanamoor and Karanthai are twin villages about 19km from Kanchipuram. They host Jain temples containing historical inscriptions. There is a population of local Jains in these and nearby villages.
Karanthai has a complex of well known Jain temples. This was once a site where Jain munis resided, and hence it is termed Munigiri. This is also the site associated with famed Jain logician Acharya Akalanka (720-780), and hence is also called Akalankabasti.
A panchakalyanaka was conducted there in 1991 and in 2017 to install new Jain images.
The Karanthai complex has Vijayanagar period murals.
