title: Kalyanasundareswarar Temple, Thiruvelvikudi
text: # Kalyanasundareswarar Temple, Thiruvelvikudi
  
  11°05′12″N 79°34′08″E﻿ / ﻿11.086791°N 79.568868°E﻿ / 11.086791; 79.568868
  
  Kalyanasundareswarar Temple (கல்யாண சுந்தரேசுவரர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple located at Thiruvelvikudi in the Kuthalam taluk of Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu, India. It is dedicated to Shiva.
  
  ## Deity
  
  The presiding deity is Kalyanasundareswarar and the consort is Parimala Sugantha Nayaki.
  
  ## Significance
  
  Hymns have been composed in praise of the temple by Sambandar and Sundarar in the Thevaram. Sundarar is believed to have bathed in the Agni theertham at this spot to cure himself. Thiruvelvikudi was also the place where Shiva granted half of his body to Parvathi making Thiruvelvikudi the birthplace of the Ardhanarisvara cult. The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the banks of River Kaveri.
  
  