Palavanatham is a village in Aruppukottai Taluk, Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu, India.
Palavanatham is 11.6 km from the main town Aruppukottai, 8.8 km from the District's Main City Virudhunagar, and 460 km from the State's Main City Chennai.
Pandithurai Thevar, the founder of the Fourth Tamil Sangam was born in this village.
Pandithurai Thevar (1867-1911 AD) was a scholar and poet belonging to the royal house of the Sethupathis of Ramanathapuram.
He was also a patron of arts, literary works, scholasticism, and poetry.