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TIRUVANNAMALAI TOURIST VISTING PLACES

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	Tourist Visiting Places		Girivalam Path
	Seshadri Swamigal Ashram		Ramana Maharshi Ashram
	Yogi Ramsuratkumar Ashram		Sathanur Dam

Tourist Visiting Places:

Spiritual seekers and tourists comes to Tiruvannamalai town between the month of Novemeber, December and January. During that season many festival will be celebrated like Maha Deepam, Guru Ramsuratkumar Jeyanthi and more. Participation in Girivalam on full moon day, worshipping Arunachala siva and walking around Annamalai hill to meet the enlightenment gurus and hind sadhus are the foremost reason why tourists prefer to visit Tiruvannamalai
Arunachala Temple

Spiritual seekers and tourists comes to Tiruvannamalai town between the month of Novemeber, December and January. During that season many festival will be celebrated like Maha Deepam, Guru Ramsuratkumar Jeyanthi and more. Participation in Girivalam on full moon day, worshipping Arunachala siva and walking around Annamalai hill to meet the enlightenment gurus and hind sadhus are the foremost reason why tourists prefer to visit Tiruvannamalai
Arunachala Temple.

Arunachala Temple is an living symbol of ancient Tamil architecture. The 11 tiered East Rajagopuram temple towers to a height of 217 feet, while the fortified walls pierced with 4 tower entrances offer a formidable look to this vast temple complex . The Pei Gopuram, Tirumanjana Gopuram and Ammanaiammal gopuram are the other three. The 1000 pillared hall and the temple tank were built by Krishna Deva Rayarar of Vijayanagar. Each of the prakarams has a huge Nandi and several towers such as the Vallala Maharaja Gopuram and Kili Gopuram.

Girivalam Path:

Girivalam (also called Giri Valam) is an spiritual custom observed from many centuries by people in south India. During Girivalam people circumambulate the Arunachala hill (also called Annamalai) and worship 8 siva lingams placed around the Arunachala hill

The Arunachaleswarar temple at Tiruvannamalai is a very ancient temple in Tamil Nadu. It is said to be around thousand years old and patronized by the great saints and poets of Tamil Nadu. The prominent among them are Appar, Sambamdar, Sundarar and Manickavasagar and Arunagirinathar. This has great reputation among all Shiva devotees since Arunachalaeswar is prayed here in the form of fire, fire being one of the five elements that composed this universe. The other four elements of the panchaboothas are vayu, akash, jalam and earth.

This beautiful temple is located at the foot of the Annamalai hills that falls under the Tiruvannamalai district about eighty kilometers away from Vellore town by road. This temple city can also be reached from Chennai the capital of Tamil Nadu that is around 185 kilometers by road. It is believed that Shiva is also in the form of a hill and hence it is called as Annamalai hill.

Anna means all powerful in Tamil and malai means hills. Since this god is considered very powerful thus it is compared to the mountain that cannot be moved and strong. This god being believed to be part of the hill, hence it is also called as Annamalayar among its devotees.

Arunachaleswarar temple has six prakarams around the temple. Every full moon day of the month Girivalam is undertaken by the pilgrims. Lakhs of devotees participate every month in this healthy ritual. This word Girivalam is the origin of the Tamil word Giri meaning hill and Valam means coming around. Hence coming around the hill is called as Girivalam in Tamil. To come one full round (Girivalam) the road round the hill, it is around 14 kilometers. And people both young and old religiously go round on the full moon day. It is said to bring in abundant peace or calmness for the mental well being and also refreshing for the physical fitness.

This abode of Arunachaleswarar, the Annamalai hills at Tiruvannamalai has varied interpretations over the years. It is believed these hills took different forms at different period of time and age. During the Kirthayugam it was in the form of fire. The next Threthayugam it took the form of emerald, known as manikkam in Tamil. In the course of Dweparayugam it existed in the form of gold. Now in Kaliyuagam it has taken the state of rocky hill. At Arunachaleswarar temple there are eight lingams known as Ashtalingam.

They are positioned at different locations and facing various directions. Each lingam signifying different directions of the earth. These lingams are named as Indralingam, Agnilingam, Yamalingam, Niruthilingam, Varunalingam, Vayulingam, Kuberalingam and Esanyalingam. Each lingam addresses different aspects of man’s life and they bless the devotees with different types of benefits.

It is believed to be installed by various gods. Also these lingams have a dominant navagraha and praying to each lingam brings forth various benefits that is being bestowed by that navagraha on the devotees who prays to that particular lingam to achieve the desired results. The first lingam on the Girivalam is the Indra lingam and this lingam has east as its cardinal direction. It is said to be installed by lord Indran the celestial king. The dominant navagraha of this lingam are the sun and sukiran. Worshipping this lingam blesses the devotees with long life coupled with prosperity in abundance.

The second lingam on the Girivalam is the Agni lingam. This faces the south east direction. The uniqueness of this lingam is that it is the only lingam that is placed on the right side of the path on which one goes Girivalam on the full moon night every month. Praying to this lingam helps one to keep away sickness and to maintain good health. The dominant navagraha of this lingam is Chandran. It also helps the ardent devotees to counter the problems that they come across in the life’s journey. This lingam is located near the lotus tank. The third lingam on the Girivalam is the Yama lingam.

This lingam signifies the south direction. It is said to be installed by the god of death Yama. The dominant graham of this lingam is Sevvai. It has a holy tank known as Simma theertham. Worshipping this Yama lingam relieves the devotees of their financial constraints. The fourth lingam on the Girivalam is the Niruthi lingam. The cardinal direction is South East. The dominant graham of this lingam is the Ragu. This was installed by the king of the giants.

This lingam also has a holy tank called as Sani theertha. Devotees worshipping this Niruthi lingam are freed of their problems. The fifth lingam on the Girivalam is the Varuna lingam. This lingam signifies the west direction. This lingam is installed by the Varuna god who is the creator of rain on this earth. The dominant graham of this lingam is the Sani. There is a holy tank named as Varuna theertham. Devotees worshipping this lingam are protected from all critical illness.

This Varunalingam also takes care to elevate their social development. The sixth lingam on the Girivalam is the Vayu lingam. This lingam is placed facing the North West direction. Vayu lingam is installed by the god of air himself known as Vayu bhagawan. The graham that is dominant is the Kedhu. Offering prayers to this Vayu lingam gives strength to fight all heart ailments, stomach problems, lung problems and general. illness The seventh lingam on the Girivalam is the Kuperalingam. This faces the northern direction. The dominant graham is the Guru. And the Kuperan or the god of wealth has installed this lingam. Offering prayers to this lingam regularly helps the devotees to achieve prosperity. The last lingam on the Girivalam is the Esanya lingam.

And this lingam faces the north east direction. The god that installed this lingam is the Esanyan. The graham that dominates this lingam is the Budhan. Praying to this lingam gives peace of mind to devotees and develops a positive attitude in them to achieve success in all their pursuits. Tips to follow while going Girivalam.

It is advised that devotees go Girivalam only barefooted.

Always view the top of the Giri all through their Girivalam.

Preferably Girivalam should be undertaken only during full moon nights or else in normal nights. To chant during Girivalam the namam of Om Arunachala.

Seshadri Swamigal Ashram:

Seshadri swamigal was born in Kancheepuram on 1870 and moved to Tiruvannamalai 1889.

He was mastered in all the sacred text of Tamil and Sanskrit. He was known for his spiritual eminence and for his spiritual aspiration to reunion with god through prayer, chanting and meditation (austerities) .

Very little has been written on Seshadri swamigal. Indeed he is the one introduced Ramana maharshi to this world. People call him as Mother parvathi and Ramana maharshi being called as subramanya (the Lord muruga son of Parvathi) .

Seshadri Swamigal has been known for his miraculous golden hand, whatever he touches everything flourishes. He never wore expensive cloth nor rich food.

He is very humble specific in begging food from poorest and often found eating left over at dustbin. He is the greatest saint of 20th century who believed in ascetic to reunion with god

Ramana Maharshi Ashram:

Ramana Maharshi (Maha or great, Rishi or Enlightened Being) was the awe inspiring sage whose presence graced the renowned sacred Arunachala hill during much of the 20th century.

Yogi Ramsuratkumar Ashram

Yogi Ramsuratkumar (01-dec-1918 to 20-feb-2001), inspired by Mahabharata Ramayana and hindu sadhus, left the material life and turn to spiritual see kings. He traveled from Surat (north India) to Tiruvannamalai for realization and found settled here until end of his life journey.

Sathanur Dam:

Located 45 minutes (35 kilometer) driving time from Tiruvannamalai. Dam has been built across the river “Pennar” , it is nice place to chill out. Well maintained green foam park and huge trees. There is also a mini zoo with crocodile farm children enjoys it. Government run public bus transportation service is available for 30 minutes from Tiruvannamalai bus stand. Bus travel will cost you 20/ rupees. Better go with snacks and distilled water with you. No restaurants or shops are available.

About The Dam
Sathanur Dam is one of the Major Dam Constructed across Pennaiyar River. The dam can be reached by road 30 km from Tiruvannamalai Town. This Dam was constructed during the year 1958. Sathanur Dam is the oldest hero in Cinema Industry. All the films in midst of 1960-1980 was shouted here. Beautiful parks were maintained here with lawns and parks.

A mini zoo is maintained inside the park area to enjoy the Children. One swimming pool is maintained inside the dam to enjoy the tourist during the visit to dam.

A large Crocodile farm and a fish grotta is maintained here to know the life of Crocodile and fish culture. A visit to Sathanur Dam is a useful one to the Engineering students who want to know about the irrigation structures; Sathanur Dam is one of the oldest and beautiful dam here to be visited.

Sathanur Dam is constructed across the Thenpennai River in Chengam Taluk among Chennakesava Hills. It has a capacity of 7321 million cubic feet (Full level 119 feet). An area of 7183 hec. Of Land is benefited by the left bank canal and 905 hec. of land is benefited by the right bank canal in Thandrampet and Thiruvannamalai Blocks. This is one of the best picnic place in our District.

The Beautiful Garden with colorful statues are also available in it. This Garden is one of the Famous Cine Shooting Spot in South India.

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