Tirunellikka Nellivananathar Temple | |
State: | Tamil Nadu |
District: | Tiruvarur |
Location: | Tirunellikka in Tiruvarur district |
Deity: | Lord Shiva |
Tirunellikka Nellivananathar Temple[1] is a Hindu temple located at Tirunellikka in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Nellivananathar. His consort, Parvati, is known as Mangalanayaki.[1] [2]
It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams - Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Tirugnanasambandar.[2]