Tiruvannamalai Arunachaleswarar's temple

The Arunachaleswarar temple has a unique structure with a 66 metre high gopuram consisting of thirteen storey tier. The temple has seven prakaras and nine gopurams. The tallest gopuram was built by king Krishnadevaraya in the fifteenth century and it is believed to be the second tallest gopuram in the world. This tower is called as Rajagopuram located on the eastern side. Arunachaleswarar temple is spread over 25 acres of land. Out of the seven prakaras, the first two prakaras is said to be built by the Pandiya kings and the remaining prakaras by the Cholas and other kings. It has two big tanks named as Brahma Theertham and the other as Siva Ganga Theertham. It has a massive thousand pillar hall built by the ancient kings.





Tiruvannamalai Karthigai Deepam (Tamil festival of lights) : On the 7th day of the festival (5.12.2011), there will be pulling of the large wooden chariot. Lord Shiva is worshiped in the form of fire. Mahadeepam will be lit on the top of the hill on 08 Dec 2011 (on the tenth day) at around 6 pm.

The Pradakshina of the Annamalai hill is 13 km distance.



How To Reach

Tiruvannamalai is 180 km from Chennai (3.5 hour by bus) / 80 km from Vellore. Bus services are available in plenty from Chennai, Tirupathi, Salem, Madurai and from other important cities in Tamil Nadu.

Thriuvannamalai is located on the railway route in between Katpadi and Villupuram.

Contact

Executive Officer/Deputy Commissioner
Arulmigu Arunachaleswarar Temple
Thiruvannamalai - 606 601
Email : arunachaleswarartempletvm@gmail.com
Phone : 04175- 252438.