Sri Nellivananathar Temple is a Lord Shiva temple in Thirunellika in Thiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the padal petra sthalam and the Lord Shiva here was worshipped by Thirugnasambandar.
The temple shiva lingam is a swayambu moorthy and sun rays fall on shiva lingam in the evening in the months of 2nd half of February.
Padal Petra Sthalam
This is one of the 276 temples mentioned in Devaram which are collections of songs of these temples by Thirunavukkarasar, Thirugnasambandar, Sundarar and Manickavasagar. These collection of songs composed by the great saints describe many of these temples, deities, history, legends, sthala vruksha, temple ponds and other details about the god and temple.
