The Shiva temmples listed in this website are scatterred across Tamilnadu, which is located in the southern part of India.Chennai, the capital city of Tamilnadu is the gateway to the state. Chennai International airport offers connecting passenger flights to cities across the world. Chennai Domestic Airport connects Tamilnadu with other parts of India. There are regular flights from New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad and other cities within India. Trichy, Coimbatore, Salem, Madurai are other cities in Tamilnadu that have airports.

Chennai Central Railway Station (MAS) connects Tamilnadu with other parts of India and Chennai Egmore Railway Station (MS) connects Chennai with cities and towns within Tamilnadu. There is also a good net-work of Bus operators connecting cities and towns in tamilnaadu.

Most temples (Paadal Petra Shivasthalam) listed here are in Trichy, Tanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts of tamilnaadu. One can plan to choose the place of stay in a prominent town or city, and visit temples in and around its radius. Location of each temple, Information on near by temples and its route map, distance from near by town/city is mentioned in the respective temples's web page for ease and convenience. Most temples remain closed in the afternoons (12 to 4 or 1 to 4), and depending on foot-falls, the darshan time may vary.

These temples are a beacon for tamilnaadu's rich heritage. The history of its landscape can be inferred from ancient literatures, in this case pathikams, which describes the temple and the locale. Many buzzing cities and towns today were once a dense forest with thick vegetation. The Nayanmars who venerated these temples in their pathikam, traversed through the landscape, with great devotion and difficulty. Today, these temples are well-connected and can be accessed through public and private transports. The website endeavours to provide as much information on these temples, to aid those visiting the temples to plan their itinerary.