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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
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{{Infobox temple
| name = Sivasailanathar Paramakalyani Amman Kovil
| image = File:Sivasailam.JPG
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| map_type = India Tamil Nadu
| map_caption = Location in [[Tamil Nadu]]
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| country = [[India]]
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| district = [[Tirunelveli district|Tirunelveli]]
| location = [[Sivasailam]], [[Tirunelveli]]
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| deity = Sivasailanathar ([[Shiva]]), Paramakalyani Amman ([[Parvathi]])
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| architecture = [[Dravidian architecture]]
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| website ={{url|http://www.wbcsoftwarelab.com/sailapathiparamakalyani/about.html}}
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'''Sivasailanathar Paramakalyani Amman Kovil''', popularly known as '''Sivasailam Temple''',<ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta:சிவசைலம் கோயில்]]</ref> is a Hindu temple in [[Sivasailam]] village of Tamil Nadu, India.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OVobAAAAIAAJ |title=Madras District Gazetteers: Tirunelveli District |editor=B. S. Baliga |publisher=Government Press, Madras State |year=2002 |page=1198 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.shivatemples.com/vt/vt_kovil1/vt6.php சிவசைலநாதர் திருக்கோவில், அத்தீச்சுரம்]</ref> It is located 3 miles from [[Alwarkurichi]] in [[Tirunelveli District]].<ref name=WBC>{{cite web|title=Sailapathi Parama Kalyani|url=http://www.wbcsoftwarelab.com/sailapathiparamakalyani/index.html|access-date=20 January 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/sp/spt_v_athiccuram.htm அத்தீச்சுரம் - (சிவசைலம்)]</ref> It is "an old [[Shiva|Siva]] temple of large size, well sculptured and containing inscriptions."<ref>{{cite book |author=Robert Sewell |title=Lists of the Antiquarian Remains in the Presidency of Madras, Volume 1 |year=1882 |publisher=E. Keys, at the Government Press |pages=310 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QswOAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Sivasailam%22+temple&pg=PA310 |oclc=5791501 }}</ref> Sivasailam is surrounded by Velli Malai (Silver Hill), Western Ghats and Mulli Malai, and is located beside the [[Gadananathi River]]. It is one of the shrines of the [[Vaippu Sthalam]]s.

==Religious significance==
===Appearance of Shivalingam===
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It is told that a landlord had many cows in his house. Usually, he made his labourers milk the cows, but one day all the cows refused to give milk. The labourers complained about this leading the owner to get angry and he chased all his cows and labourers from his house. All the cows gathered on a hill with a rock upon it and flooded their milk upon the rock. On the place of this flooding of milk a [[shivalingam]] appeared. He is known as Sivasailanathar. Sivasailanathar is the main god for the temple.

===Sivasailanathar saved a priest===
It is told that once a [[pandya]] king came to the temple and received [[prasadam]] from the priest. The priest gave him a garland in which there was a hair. The king got angry with the priest. However, as the priest was pure and truly devoted to Sivasailanathar, Sivasailanathar thought to save the priest and he sent a vision to the king to not get angry with the priest and gave him a vision of shivalingam. The king became very happy.

==Architecture==
===Statue of Shivasailanathar===
*The statue is said to have been made without any touch of chisel. The statue of Suyambuligam (Shivan) is said to have been formed naturally.
*At the back of the statue, there are lines that appear like hair, so he is also called Sadaiappar.

===Tower statues and ritual pavilions===
*The [[Vimana (architectural feature)|Vimana]] is spectacularly gilded.
*The main [[gopuram]] has five floors and is adorned with many statues.
*In the south direction of the temple, there is an east facing statue of [[Vinayagar]].
*In the north direction, a statue of the Tamil God [[Murugan]] is placed.
*In the south direction, 63 [[Nayanmars]] statue and Suriyan and Chandran statues are placed, and a statue of [[Dakshinamurthy]] facing south is placed.
*The temple has a number of [[mandapam]] (ritual pavilions) for Nartha, Maa, Aartha and Mani.
*the distance between the statues of Sivasailanathar (Shiva) and his consort Paramakalyani Amman Sannithi ([[Parvathi]]) is nearly 15 feet.
*The statue of Paramakalyani Amman (Mother Paramakalyani) with emerald green cheeks gives grace to devotees.
*In the south of Mani mandapam, a statue of Nadaraja Perumal is placed.

===Statue of Nandi===
The representation of [[Nandi (bull)|Nandi]] in the temple is particularly noted. Nandikeshvarar statue looks like an ox sitting upon its folded tail. This statue demonstrates the special character of Tamil and the artistic work of the artist.

==Stone inscriptions==
*Stone Inscription no.519 of Sivasailam Temple was found in [[Poovankurichi]] lake in 1916. The inscription tells that Jamindars of Ambur, [[Alwarkurichi]], Kadayam, Krishnapuram, [[Poovankurichi]] collected tax from people for god.
*In 1916 another inscription was found in [[Kizha Ambur]]. It is Stone Inscription no.518 and tells about King [[Ravivarman Kulaśēkhara|Ravivarman]].

==Manimandapam==
A manimandapam (memorial) is located on the bank of the river Gadananathi.

[[File:Manimandapam on Sivasailam.JPG|thumb|Mani mandapam on the banks of river in Sivasailam]]

==Sculpture among the pillars==
* In the pillars of the mandapam, a lion crest or sculpture is seen.
* On the inner side of the pandal mandapam many coloured flowers are depicted.
* The temple has two wooden chariots, one is large and the other is small. The large chariot is for Sivasailanathar and the smaller is for his consort, Amman.

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Sivasailam}}
* [http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g1584851-d4089165-Reviews-Sivasailam_Temple-Tirunelveli_Tamil_Nadu.html TripAdvisor] (photographs)
* [https://shaivam.org/temples-of-lord-shiva/moovar-thevara-vaippu-thalangal Muvar Thevara Vaippu Thalangal, மூவர் தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள், athIccuram, Sl.No.8.2 of 139 temples]
* [http://www.shivatemples.com/vt/vtlist1.php Shiva Temples, தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள், அத்தீச்சுரம், Sl.No.6 of 133 temples, page1]
{{Vaippu sthalam}}
[[Category:Hindu temples in Tirunelveli district]]
[[Category:Tirunelveli]]
[[Category:Shiva temples in Tirunelveli district]]

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