Sri Pallavaneswar Temple is a Lord Shiva temple in Poompuhar in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu. This is a padal petra sthalam and is the 10th in the series.
The temple is the place of Pattinathar and he is venerated here with a grand festival every year. The temple is near the excavation site of Poompuhar. It is near the beach. The lingam here is also a swayambu murthy.
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.
