Southern India
Tamil Nadu
Tiruvannamalai

Arunachalesvara Temple

The Arunachalesvara Temple or Annamalaiyar Temple, is a historic Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva and Parvati, located at the foothills of the Annamalai hill in , , .
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  • Type: Hindu temple
  • Description: temple in Tiruvannamalai
  • Also known as: “Annamalaiyar Temple”, “Arulmigu Arunachaleswarar Temple”, “Arunachaleswara”, “Arunāchaleswara”, and “Arunachaleswara Temple”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Annamalaiyar Hill and Tiruvannamalai railway station.

Peak
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Annamalai Hill is a hill in , , and one of the five main Shaiva holy places in South India. The Arunachalesvara Temple to Shiva is located at the base of the hill.

Railway station
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is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a station of the Indian Railways system, station code TNM. is situated 1½ km northeast of Arunachalesvara Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tiruvannamalai.

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, also known as Arunachala, is one of the greatest Saivite shrines in Tamil Nadu, India, on a sprawling 24 acre temple campus, drawing hundreds of thousands of pilgrims every full moon.

Arunachalesvara Temple

Latitude
12.23187° or 12° 13′ 55″ north
Longitude
79.06683° or 79° 4′ 1″ east
Elevation
191 metres (627 feet)
Open location code
7J4X63J8+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 91456713
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­temple
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Geo­Names ID
11440918
Wiki­data ID
Q3523924
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Telugu—“Arunachalesvara Temple” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معبد أروناتشالفارا”
  • Bengali: “অরুণাচলেশ্বর মন্দির”
  • Chinese: “Annamalaiyar神廟”
  • Chinese: “Arunachaleswara神廟”
  • Hindi: “अन्नामलईयार मंदिर”
  • Hindi: “अरुणाचलेश्वर मंदिर”
  • Hindi: “अरुणाचलेश्वर मन्दिर”
  • Japanese: “アンナーマライヤール寺院”
  • Kannada: “ಅರುಣಾಚಲೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ”
  • Malay: “Kuil Arunachalesvara Tiruvannamalai”
  • Malayalam: “അണ്ണാമലൈയാർ ക്ഷേത്രം”
  • Oriya: “ଆନ୍ନାମଲାୟାର ମନ୍ଦିର”
  • Russian: “Храм Аннамалаияра”
  • Russian: “Храм Аруначалешвара”
  • Russian: “Храм Аруначешвары”
  • Spanish: “Annamalaiyar”
  • Tamil: “அண்ணாமலையார் கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “அருணாசலேஸ்வரர் கோவில்”
  • Tamil: “திருவண்ணாமலை அருணாசலேஸ்வரர் கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “திருவண்ணாமலை தீபம்”
  • Telugu: “అన్నామలయ్య స్వామి దేవాలయం”
  • Telugu: “అరుణాచలం”

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