The Alandurai Mahadeva temple is the more ancient and famous of the two Shiva temples at Kilappaluvar; the other one is ‘Pasupatisvaram’. The Alandurai Mahadeva temple complex comprises of a shrine of the Goddess 'Aruntava-Nayaki’. The existence of the present stone structure goes back to Parantaka I (907-954 CE), which can be asserted, from the inscriptions on the temple walls from his regnal years. The most interesting feature of the temple is presence of bronze images of the sixty-three Tamil saints – Saiva Nayanars. References: S.R. Balasubrahmanyam, 1963, pp.28-33, S.R. Balasubrahmanyam, 1971, pp.292-293.