𝗦𝗵𝗿𝗶 𝗡𝗶𝘁𝗵𝘆𝗮 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗔𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲:
Sri Nithya Kalyani temple is situated in the town of Kadayam around 1.5km West from the Kadayam Bus stand. The temple Main deity is Shiva known as Vilvaraneyswarar as swayambu lingam with Ambal(Shiva's Consort) known as Nithyakalyani.Lush green fields ending at hills at a distance surround the temple and gives it a serene feeling .

The temple has many historical Sthala Purana(Legend) which are that Lord Brahma performed penance towards Lord Shiva and got a divine Bilva fruit.(Vilvaraneyswarar) and hence the name, Another legend is that Parvati to the form of Kausi to kill the demons named Sumba and Nisumba, this caused her complexion to become dark. She hence peformed severe penance here and Brahma changed her complexion to golden color - thus the temple being named Nitya Kalyani(Golden Coloured).

While the deity doesn't appear Golden in colour, the temple has a lot of gold coloured brass/bronze plates covering the walls of sanctum sanctorum which gives a gold color feeling.

The temple has a beautiful gopuram which can be accessed via the steps on the side of the temple and you can climb onto the roof to see the small gopuruams over the individual shrines of Shiva, Ambal, Muruga, Vinayaga.

If one has a base as Tirunelveli, then this temple can be covered by visiting Courtallam falls - Nithya Kalyani(19km from courtallam) , Sivasailam temple, Ambasamudram.

It takes a max of 30-35 minutes to see the temple. Since the temples are closed in the afternoon, its preferrable to finish seeing this before 11:00 am so that Sivasailam temple can also be covered before 12:30 pm.

𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆:
Historically, as per the stone inscriptions, the Madurai Nayaka kings have developed the current structure of this temple. As per an inscription, Vikrama Pandyan has built the temple around 800 years ago. One of the inscriptions state that the Parivara deities were installed in 1216 CE. The sage Sundarar had referred this temple and hence it is much older and is also considered as Devara Vaippu Sthalam temple.

𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗶:
The eminent poet and freedom fighter Subramanya Bharathi once lived in Kadayam. Subramanya Bharati's wife was a native of Kadayam and it is believed that Bharathiyar often sang patriotic songs from the rooftop of his in-laws. Sri Subramanya Bharathi stayed in Pazhaya Gramam of Kadayam, with his family. People who lived in Kadayam during the 1930s & 1940s recollect the days when Sri Subramanya Bharathi used to walk up to Nithya Kalyani Amman Temple and sit on the flat squarish big stone and sung his several songs including the famous Kali songs, and the Panchali Sabhadam, etc. They also recollect his affection towards all living beings, including donkeys.
At that time the village had several donkeys, and many a time, Sri Bharathiyar used to hug the donkeys straying into the Pazhaya Gramam. He sang his famous "Chinnanchiru Kiliye", "Odi Vilayadu Pappa", "Kaani Nilam Vendum", songs in the village when his second daughter used to play around in the road outside his house. After his death in Chennai in 1921, his family came down to Kadayam and stayed for about 10 years where after they shifted residence to Chennai. His descendants are now in Chennai and Mumbai. One of his great grandsons Sri Rajkumar Bharathi shined as a noted Carnatic singer.

𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗶 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹:
People of Kadayam, Koviloothu, Mathapuram, Poolankulam, Pungampatti, Servaikaranpatti, Vengadampatti have several options when it comes to a good Schools. In this area, there are 39 Schools .
Chatram Bharathi Higher Secondary School is a very popular Schools in Kadayam, Tirunelveli. Popularity wise, Chatram Bharathi Higher Secondary School ranks No. 3.

𝗦𝗿𝗶 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 – Keelakadayam
Sri Pathrakaliamman Temple is in Keelakadayam. It is dedicated for 18 Patti (Village) Nadar people. They are celebrating 8 days festival. On the 8th day Sri Pathrakaliamman and her elder sister Sri Mupudathiamman will meet, which is a spiritual movement. They are protecting our village.

All the 18 village people will participate and they will bring Pathrakaliamman on their shoulders. They bring Patharakali Amman to Mela Pathrakaliamman koil by a spiritual walk.


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