temples, the heart of sanathana dharma . . .
subramanya swami temple / chennimalai murugan temple , chennimalai in the famous tamir hymn kanda-sashti kavacham praising god murugan , there appears a line ‘siragiri velavan seekkiram varuga’ meaning ‘god from siragiri mountain , please come’. siragiri is nothing but chennimalai , the birth place of the most revered murugan hymn kandha sashti kavacham ….
ooratchikkottai is a hillock outside bhavani , a small town north of erode on erode – mettur road. ooratchikkottai houses many deities in a temple complex including shivan , vishnu , pillaiyar and other gods. however the primary deity is shivan named vedhagireeswarar. the temple is rather new when compared to ancient temples of tamir…
Siddeshwaran malai is a very small temple on top of Palamalai reserve forest near mettur in salem district tamir nadu. One can trek to the mountain top from Nerinjipettai on the mettur Bhavani road or drive upto 60% of the mountain on a 4 wheel only mud track from the other side of the mountain…
meenakshi sundhareswarar hill temple , theni , tamir nadu. meenakshi sundhareswarar hill temple , theni , is a very small shiva temple visible from the theni -madurai main road . from the main road , entry is from inside the collector office… theni is 77kms from madurai. one can see the towns of theni , aandippatti…
Othimalai Andavar temple, Irumbarai Othimalai is a beautiful freestanding hill located about 15 kms from Annur in Coimbatore district of Tamir Nadu. at 1770 steps , it probably is the tallest freestanding hill housing murugan. the famous parani murugan is at 640 steps. It is located in a village called Irumbarai. From the hill top…
