Why visit Virālimalai
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About Virālimalai
Viralimalai is a developing town and Suburb of city of Tiruchirappalli, located in Pudukkottai District, 28 km from Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India. The famous Lord Shanmuganathar temple is situated on the top of the granite hill at Viralimalai. The temple was once a renowned seat of the Bharatanatyam dance form and boasted of a separate dancer for each of the 32 adavus (dance movements).Arunagirinathar vizha(festival) also takes place each year in the Tamil month of aadi.
From the Wikipedia article Viralimalai (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
The natural caverns in the hillock show signs of early human habitation and may have shared the fortunes of Kodumbalur, 6 km away. The presence of an early Chola temple suggests that Viralimalai was a prosperous village as early as the 9th century AD. The sides of this hill are covered with non-thorny trees, mainly Wrightia. Viralimalai is home to an exclusive kuravanji dance-drama. The kuravanji named after Viralimalai has had an unbroken tradition of presentation for nearly two centuries. On Maha Shivaratri night every year, till 1993, the Kuravanji was played as an all-night show to large crowds of nobles, officials and ordinary folk, in front of the mandapam below the foot of the hill.
From the History section of Viralimalai on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Tiruchirapalli International Airport (TRZ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 26 km away.
- Kulattūr 11 km north, about 11 min by car
- Manapparai 13 km west, about 13 min by car
- Iluppūr 13 km southeast, about 13 min by car
- Nāgamangalam 14 km northeast, about 14 min by car
- Annavāsal 23 km southeast, about 23 min by car
- Tiruchirappalli 29 km northeast, about 29 min by car
- Kāraikkudi 64 km south, about 1 h by car
- Dindigul 67 km southwest, about 1 h by car
- Thanjavur 68 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Madurai 89 km southwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
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- VIRALIMALAI MURUGAN TEMPLE, C.KUMARASAMY,THENNAMBADI, CC BY-SA 3.0
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