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Maruthamalai

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  Temple View M arudhamalai Murugan Temple    dates  to 12th-century and is a beautiful  hill temple situated 500 feet above the MSL 15 kms from  Coimbatore ,  Tamil Nadu .  Like many other Murugan temples, this  temple  is situated upon a hill  of  the  Western Ghats  in the suburb of Coimbatore.  Marudhamalai is dotted with medicinal herbs and has a lot of trees called Marudham trees ,hence the name for the abode.   According to legends a siddhar known as  Pambatti Siddhar  performed penance on the Marudhamalai hill. Lord Murugan is said to have appeared in a snake form to him, along with his consorts  Valli  and  Deivanai , and is said to have blessed him.  A connecting tunnel route from Lord Murugan's sanctum sanctorum and Siddhar's cave was formed and Siddhar is believed to have used it to worship the Lord. Cave where the Siddhar pereformed the Penance You can trek from the...