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Nalli, Sattur, Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu · 9.2272°, 77.9031°
An Ayyanar temple beside Singamadai lake about 18 km from Sattur, built by the Sevalpatti zamindar roughly five centuries ago; it also houses Pechiyamman and several forms of Karuppasamy, and its Masi-month Shivaratri festival draws people from some thirty villages around.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
It is told that a devotee carrying sacred sand from Srivilliputtur during a drought set it down near Nalli when floods threatened the village, and a voice from the sky declared that Ayyanar had saved the land and crops and would bless the people if a temple were raised for him.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Sevalpatti zamindari
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