Alivalam is a Village in Peravurani Taluk in Thanjavur District in Tamil Nadu State in India . Alivalam is 17.50 km distance from its Taluk Main Town Peravurani . Alivalam is 44.40 km distance from its District Main City Thanjavur . And 313 km distance from its State Main City Chennai . .

Peravurani , Ammaiyandi , Kalagam , Kalathur , Kuruchi , Ottangadu , Palathali , Palayanagaram , Periyanayagipuram , Pinnavasal , Poovalur , ... . are the villages along with this village in the same Peravurani Taluk

Near By Villages of this Village with distance are Kondikulam ( 1.3 km ) , Naduvikkottai ( 1.9 km ) , Sendankadu ( 3.1 km ) , Kurichi ( 3.7 km ) , Kayavoor ( 3.9 km ) , Palamuthi ( 4.3 km ) , Adambai ( 4.5 km ) ,

Alivalam Pin Code is 614602 and Post office name is . Other villages in Post Office (614602,) are Maliakkadu , Ponnavarayankottai , Kuruchi , Srinivasanallur , Pannavayal , ... . .

Podiyalagar

Podiyalagar worshipped in many villages is actually a mile stone which demarcated the boundaries of two villages. In olden days, people when they travel from one village to another village started relaxing near these stones and in due course started praying to them for safe journey.

Thus, slowly these milestones attained the position of village gods and goddesses.
Most of these village deities have their shrines on the periphery (border or outskirts) of the village as a representation of their Village Guardian position.

Hence they are referred as "Peripheral Folk Deity". 21 associate deities and 61 servant deities are located in either the same premises or located in different places of the locality, for e.g.: Amman deities may be installed in the centre of the village but the Sonai, Sudalai or the Formless Nadukkal deities may be installed close to graveyards (cemeteries or burial and sometimes, also near memorial centres).

These Village deities are either represented in the form of a huge, fierce statue or as a simple stone. Most of these temples are not closed premises but are simple and small worship areas. Weapons such as a trident or a lance or sickles are also associated with these shrines.

We also see lots of terracotta horses, elephants, clay dolls & birds and bells. Most officiating priests are pandarams and derive from the local ancestral lineages that had initiated the cult centres generations ago. In ancient times most of the City priests were pandarams.Before Nayakkar rule Madurai Meenakshiamman temple pujas were performed by them.

Village God

Village Guardians

Every year there is a festival in the Podiyalagar temple

Podiyalagar Koil