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Sivasailam is surrounded by Velli Malai (silver hill), Western Ghats and Mulli Malai, and is located beside the Gadananathi River.

Once a landlord had many cows in his house. Usually, his workers used to milk the cows, but one day, all the cows refused to give milk. The workers complained about this  and the landlord got angry.

He chased away all his cows and workers from his house. All the cows gathered on a hill and showered their milk upon a rock. On the place of this flooding of milk, a Shiva lingam appeared. He is known as Sivasailanathar.

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 honest and truly devoted to Lord Sivasailanathar, the Lord wanted to save the priest and He came in the king’s dream and told him to not get angry with the priest and gave him a vision of the Shiva Lingam. The king became very happy.

At the back of the vigraham, there are lines that appear like hair, so he is also called Sadaiappar. This can be seen though a hole while circumambulating the sanctum sanctorum.

The temple address is: Sivasailanathar Temple, Sivasailam, Azhwarkurichi, Thirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu.

Sivasailam is about 3 km from Azhwarkurichi and 35 km from Tirunelveli town.