Adayapalam (Aḍaiyappalam), near Arani, Tamil Nadu

Adayapalam (Aḍaiyappalam) is a village near Arani, in the Tiruvannamalai district of northern Tamil Nadu, south India. It is the birthplace of Appayya Dīkṣita (16th c.), the prolific Advaita and Śiva-Advaita scholar.