India
Southern India
Tamil Nadu

Annamalaiyar Hill

Annamalai Hill is a hill in , , and one of the five main Shaiva holy places in South India. The to Shiva is located at the base of the hill.
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  • Type: Peak
  • Description: hill and holy site in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Annamalai hills”, “Arunachala”, and “Arunachaleshwar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arunachalesvara Temple and Tiruvannamalai railway station.

Hindu temple
Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.
The or Annamalaiyar Temple, is a historic Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva and Parvati, located at the foothills of the Annamalai hill in , , .

Railway station
Photo: Gowtham Sampath, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tiruvannamalai.

Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.
, 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.

Annamalaiyar Hill

Latitude
12.2415° or 12° 14′ 29″ north
Longitude
79.0573° or 79° 3′ 26″ east
Open location code
7J4X63R4+JW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 681291682
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Wiki­data ID
Q2008024
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tamil—“Annamalaiyar Hill” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “聖山 (拉瑪納)”
  • Chinese: “聖山 (拉瑪那)”
  • Chinese: “聖山 (拉馬納)”
  • Chinese: “聖山 (瑪哈希)”
  • Chinese: “聖山 (馬哈希)”
  • Chinese: “聖炬山”
  • Chinese: “阿如那查拉”
  • Chinese: “阿如那查拉山”
  • Chinese: “阿魯納佳那”
  • Chinese: “阿魯納佳那山”
  • Chinese: “阿魯納恰拉山”
  • Chinese: “阿魯那佳拉山”
  • Chinese: “阿魯那佳那”
  • Chinese: “阿魯那恰拉山”
  • Dutch: “Arunachala”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل اروناتشالا”
  • French: “Arunachala”
  • German: “Arunachala”
  • Hebrew: “ארונצ’לה”
  • Hindi: “अन्नामलई पहाड़”
  • Hindi: “अन्नामलाई की पहाड़ियाँ”
  • Kannada: “ಅರುಣಾಚಲ”
  • Ladin: “Arunachala”
  • Lithuanian: “Arunačala”
  • Mingrelian: “არუნაჩალა”
  • Polish: “Arunaćala”
  • Polish: “Arunachala”
  • Russian: “Аннамалаи”
  • Russian: “Аруначала”
  • Sanskrit: “अरुणाचलक्षेत्रम्”
  • Spanish: “Arunachala”
  • Tamil: “அண்ணாமலை”
  • Tamil: “அருணாச்சலம்”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Tiruvannamalai and Kottangal.

Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Annamalaiyar Hill”. Photo: Poetseer, CC BY-SA 3.0.