Karaikal Ammaiyar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the Shaivite saint or Nayanmar Punithavathi, more famously known as Karaikal Ammaiyar (The revered mother of Karaikal in Tamil). It is located on Bharathiar Street (Formerly the Rue de Poréar, or Poraiyar Street), in the center of Karaikal city, in India.