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Sivasailam, Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu · 8.7811°, 77.3428°
A Dravidian-style Shiva temple in the hill village of Sivasailam, about three miles from Alwarkurichi in Tenkasi district, where the god is worshipped as Sivasailanathar with the goddess Paramakalyani. Its stone inscriptions record gifts by King Ravivarman and local zamindars.
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.
Legend says a landlord's cows stopped yielding milk and instead gathered on a hill and flooded a rock with it, whereupon a shivalingam appeared there.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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