Namakkal Sightseeing, Quick Facts, History, Packages, Tours & Excursions

SIGHTSEEING HIGHLIGHTS

Namakkal Dhurgam Fort is on the summit of Namagiri.  The Namakkal fort is reported to have been built by Ramchandra Nayaka. It contains the ruins of a Vishnu temple. The fort covers an area of one and a half acres of flat surface and is accessible from the southwest by a flight of narrow steps. There are two rock?cut cave temples located on both sides of the hill dedicated to Narasimhaswamy and Ranganathasamy. The temples and the images of Gods within the temples were hewn out of the living rock. As they grow naturally out of the living stuff of the earth and are sustained by the power of the rock and hill, these shrines are esteemed higher than the ordinarily built temples.

The rock also contains eight theerthams (holy water springs) the biggest of which is the Kamalayam (Home of the Lotus) sacred to the Goddess Namagiri Amman. It was the chief source of water supply for the town until water from the Kaveri was brought.  There is also an 18 feet tall Hanuman statue carved out of a single stone at the Hanuman Temple.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Excursions:

35 km from Namakkal, Tiruchengode is one of the seven Sivasthalams in Kongunadu. Located on a hill, the presiding deity of the ancient Arthanareeswarar Temple is depicted as half-male and half-female. Kailasanathar Koil is a Siva temple, known as the Kizh Kovil (Lower temple) with reference to its location in the town as against the Mael Kovil (upper temple) of Arthanareeswarar temple, which is up on the hill. Uchi Pillaiyar Kovil is on the summit of the Tiruchengode hill.

The Kolli Hills are situated on Eastern Ghats about 45 km from Namakkal town. The Kolli Hills are known for medicinal herbs and plants that grow in abundance on the hill slopes. The Arapaleswarar Temple, the Horticulture Farm, the Herbal Farm, Agaya Gangai waterfalls and the Telescope House are sightseeing points on the Hills.  

Aiyaru River is another scenic spot around Namakkal.

Namakkal is the headquarters of Namakkal district in the state of Tamil Nadu. The region was ruled by successive dynasties of the Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas, the Hoysalas Vijayanagar kings and Madurai Nayakas, Hyder Ali, Tipu Sultan, and finally, the British.

Namakkal town lies at the foot of a small hillock. This town is famous for the automobile industry and poultry farms. Namakkal is known for its Body Building industry for Trucks, Trailers, Tankers and Rig Units. Finished trucks and Rig Units are even exported to foreign countries from Namakkal.