5/5 Anand K. 11 months ago on Google
The
best
devotional
location
in
Coimbatore.
Lord
Murugan's
historical
place.
The
temple
is
located
at
Maruthamalai
in
Coimbatore
district.
The
presiding
deity
of
the
temple
is
Marudhamalai
who
is
worshiped
as
Dhanduthapani.
Marudhamalai
temple
was
built
by
Tamil
kings
during
12th
century
AD.
The
temple
is
situated
at
an
altitude
of
600
feet
on
a
hill
called
Marudha
Malai.
There
are
many
water
bodies
around
this
temple
like
Snake
Charmer's
Waterfall,
Maruda
Theertham,
some
of
which
are
known
to
have
medicinal
properties.
There
is
a
staircase
at
the
southern
end
of
the
temple
which
takes
you
to
the
Pambatti
Siddhar
Cave.
A
connecting
tunnel
that
leads
from
the
sanctum
sanctorum
of
Lord
Murugan
to
the
cave
of
Siddhar
was
built
by
Siddhar.
It
is
believed
that
this
place
was
used
to
worship
the
Lord.