Sivagiri is a panchayat town and a tourist place in Tenkasi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Thalayanai waterfalls and Rasingaperi canal are also main tourist attractions located at the Western Ghats region in Sivagiri.

Sastha Kovil waterfalls located at a distance of 6 km from Sivagiri in the reserved forest region of western ghats.

[citation needed] This is one of the three Palayams and is located in the Sivagiri taluk of the Tenkasi district, on the slopes of the Western Ghats.

The polygar of Sivagiri bore a personal animosity to the Puli Thevar of Nerkkatumseval and refrained from joining the coalition he put together to fight the Anglo-Nawabi forces in 1754.

When Kollamkondan again rebelled in 1764, following the execution of Yusuf Khan for having betrayed the nawab, Sivagiri was quick to join.