History of Chennimalai Andavar
Hundreds of years ago there lived a Land lord on the bank of River Noyyal about 3km away from west of Chennimalai. He had many cows in his farm. One day the Land Lord came to know from his servant that one of his cows has no milk in its udder. But the Land Lord noticed that the same cow discharged its milk in a particular spot every evening. On the very next day he consulted this matter with his village people. They decided to dig the spot where the cow flows its milk everyday. During his digging they found a beautiful Statue of Lord Muruga. On seeing the beautiful image of God they ecstasies. They found that the face of the Statue was cared highly charming than the body. To smoothen the body of the image they summoned a sculptor. When the sculptor began his work with his chisel the image of god was bleeded. On seeing that the people of the village shocked and they thought that God was unwilling to change his image. So they consecrated the image of Lord Muruga on the Chennimalai hill. Even today we can see the image in the same manner. One among the Siddhas named Pinnakku Siddha made penance and worshipped Lord Muruga in this place. We can see the cave where Pinnakku Siddha had performed his penance and got Dharshan of Lord Muruga. The strange thing of this place is that curd is not become sour.
Presiding Deities
God : Arulmigu Chennimalai Andavar
Goddess : Arulmigu Valli, Deivanai
Holy-Water Point: Mamanga Theetham (Sunai)
Sacred Tree : Sthala Vruksha of this temple is Tamarind Tree.
How to Reach the Temple
By Bus: Bus or Train facilities are available from Chennai to Erode. From Erode travel can be made for another 30 km by bus to the temple on the route of Erode to Dharapuram via Perundurai. Temple is operating two buses for the temple from the town.
By Train : Chennimalai is at a distance of 8 km from Ingur Railway Station.
By Air : After reaching Coimbatore by air one can take diversion of 13 km in the south from Perundurai town which is one of route of Coimbatore to Erode.
Contact Address:
Arulmigu Subramanya Swamy Temple, Chennimalai,
Perundurai Taluk, Erode District,
Phone : (04294) 250263, 250223.
E-mail : chenkovil@sancharnet.in
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