Swamimalai, Tamil Nadu, India   More about Swamimalai   Traveller Ratings Pictures and Photos   Location Picker   India Agra Agra Alleppey Backwater Bangalore Bangalore Cochin Cochin Goa Goa Jaipur Jaipur Karnataka Bangalore Mysore Somnathpur Hampi Srirangapatnam Hubli Chikmagalur Pattadakal Aihole Mangalore Gulbarga Bijapur Badami Hospet Chitradurga Halebid Belur Hassan Sravanabelagola Nagarhole Coorg Bandipur Bidar Kerala Alleppey Backwater Alleppey Backwater Houseboat Alleppey Beach Cochin Periyar (thekkady) Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary Varkala Kovalam Beach Trivandrum Athirappalli Cherai Beach Kannur Vagamon Thalassery Palakkad Pala Wayanad Calicut Kanjirapally Poovar Beach Kumarakom Munnar Khajuraho Khajuraho Kovalam Beach Kovalam Beach Madhya Pradesh Khajuraho Orchha Gwalior Madurai Madurai Mahabalipuram Mahabalipuram Maharashtra Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai Mysore Mysore New Delhi New Delhi Periyar (thekkady) Periyar (thekkady) Pondicherry Pondicherry Rajasthan Jojawar Nawalgarh Jaipur Udaipur Jodhpur Bikaner Jaisalmer Karauli Bharatpur Pushkar Ranakpur Ranthambore Rohet Bundi Kumbhalgarh Phalodi Osian Khimsar Ajmer Region Shekhawati Nimaj Chittorgarh Deogarh Mandawa Shahpura Manvar Tamil Nadu Chennai Mahabalipuram Thiruvannamalai Chidambaram Darasuram Temple Kumbakonam Tanjore Trichy Madurai Coimbatore Metupalayam Tranquebar Dindugal Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary Kodaikanal Coonoor Karaikudi Rameshwaram Swamimalai Kanchipuram Gingee Ooty Gangaikondacholapuram Kanyakumari Pondicherry Tanjore Tanjore Udaipur Udaipur Uttar Pradesh Agra Varanasi Varanasi Varanasi Traditional Bronze Making Centre   Detailed Map Swamimalai Swamimalai is located 8km west of Kumbakonam and is revered because it is one of six sacred homes of Lord Murugan. Lord Murugan was Shiva’s Son and according to Hindu Mythology he became his father’s religious teacher on a hill (Malai) at this place. The site of this role reversal is now the home of the Tamils’ holiest shrine.The Swaminatha Temple is located on a hill top in the centre of the village. This is also the location of many bronze-casters workshops. They are dotted around the bazaar and outlying hamlets.

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