Kazhugumalai Vettuvan Temple is located at a distance of 22 km from Kovilpatti in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. It is a cave temple located in a town panchayat called Kazhugumalai at a distance. It is 1 km from the centre of the town. The temple is situated at a distance on a hillock named after this place. The temple was built in the year 800 B.C. during the reign of the Pandya king