page_title: Vadiveeswaram
section_title: Temples
hierarchical_section_title: Vadiveeswaram / Temples
caption_attribution_description: English: Perumal Kovil facing Deep Street.
context_page_description: Vadiveeswaram is a village, now part of the town of Nagercoil, in Kanyakumari district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The village was originally an agraharam, or a traditional double line of houses occupied by Brahmins and flanking a temple or pair of temples. It is most famous as the birthplace of Neelakanta Sivan, a well-known 19th-century composer.
context_section_description: The principal temple is Azhagamman Kovil, with its tank,. This temple is dedicated to Vadivambal and Sundareswarar from whose names the name of the village is derived. The village is also home to five other temples: Mutharaman Kovil, Perumal Kovil, Idar Theertha Perumal Kovil, Sastha Kovil and Pillayar Kovil.
  A rare image of saint Vyagrapada Vigneswari was found in Vadiveeswaram by the Kanyakumari Historical and Cultural Research Centre.
caption: Perumal Kovil
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