Historical Period7c CE
7th c. Pandyan
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Deities
Nellaiappar Tirunelveli
Nellaiappar — Lord of the paddy-fence
Nellaiappar — Lord of the paddy-fence
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Nellaiappar temple — Shiva who protected sage Veda-sarma's paddy from flood with a fence of paddy. Musical pillars (7th c. acoustic engineering).
One of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalangal — temples sung in the Tevaram hymns of the 63 Nayanars (7th–9th c. CE). These are the canonical Tamil Shaiva pilgrimage circuit.
