Tiruvannamalai

Tiruvannamalai Experience: THIRUVANNAMALAI is a pilgrimage Temple city and municipality in Thiruvannamalai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of the Thiruvannamalai district. Thiruvannamalai is home to the Annamalaiyar Temple located at the foot of the Annamalai hill and amongst one of the great Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu. Thiruvannamalai has long been associated with many yogis and siddhars, and more recently the 20th century Guru Ramana Maharshi, who lived in Mount Annamalai, now a popular spiritual tourism destination.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: In Tiruvannamalai lot of hotels there, good restaurants is also there, so food part is good.

Activities & things to do: This destination is famous for Girivala.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Thiruvannamalai is well connected to many cities and towns in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh by road. This town lies on the junction of the Mangalore–Villupuram national highway NH 234 and the Pondicherry–Krishnagiri-Bangalore national highway (NH 66). The TNSTC operates many bus services to different towns and cities in Tamil Nadu, such as Chennai, Vellore, Salem, Tirupati, Villupuram, Bangaluru, Tiruchi, Madurai, Coimbatore, Erode, Tiruppur, Kanyakumari,Madurai,Pattukottai,Chidambaram,Klakurichi and to Puducherry.

Tiruvannamalai Experience: Tiruvannamalai is one of the old cities in Tamil Nadu, it is famous for Annamalayar-unnamalai amman temple, Full moon day Girivalam & Ramanashramam. The Temple is a great & magnificent structure with lots of artistic works & sculptures, peoples use to come in large numbers for Full moon day Girivalam(Going round the Hill which looks like a Sivalingam from direction & Nandi from other side). The Tiruvannamalai Jothi is very famous. The Ashramam of the great saint Sri Rammana Maharshi is in tiruvannamalai.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Places to see: Annamalaiyar Temple, Nava Lingam, Rammana ashramam, Gengi fort, Sathanoor dam.

Activities & things to do: Girivalam on Full moon day, Visit to temple & Fort

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: It is Reached by Bus from Chennai & villupuram. The climate is tipical Tamil nadu climate(HOT).