Vettudaiyar Kaliamman temple
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📍 50 km from Chettinad
📍 42 km from Karaikudi
Historically, the connection is best understood as a local tradition and devotional story, not as a fully verified documentary record. So, yes, the temple is related to Velu Nachiyar in popular history, and Udayal is treated as a real heroic figure in that tradition, even though detailed independent evidence is limited.