temples, the heart of sanathana dharma . . .
kailasanathar temple , irumbarai , annur taluk , coimbatore district kailasanathar temple is a small shivan temple that lies 4 kms from the foothills of othimalai , a beautiful murugan temple about 45 kms north east of coimbatore near puliyampatti. sthalapuranam it is said that when bramma became headstrong about his creation prowess , murugan…
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…
udahyagiri muthu velayutha swamy temple is located in a big village called malayappalayam about 32 kms from thirupur and 63 kms from coimbatore in thirupur district. it is a beautiful murugan temple situated on a huge rock formation with less than 100 steps to climb. the idol is said to have been ordered made by…
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…
