Most Famous Things to Visit in Tiruvannamalai

What should we see? is a question many Tiruvannamalai visitors ask. Someone will be given one or two days, while another will be given a week or more. Developing a list that caters to everyone’s interests and time constraints is difficult. The following is a list of suggestions we’ve put together. Of course, what you need to watch is determined by your interests, and this list is only a collection of our opinions based on what we enjoy and find interesting.

List of the 12 Best Things to See in Tiruvannamalai:

Ramanasramam and the Old Hall

This is the most essential site for Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi followers to visit. I’ve listed the Old Hall within Ramanasramam here to draw attention to it. It is a beautiful spot to relax and meditate here. Sri Ramana learned for many years. You may be able to stay at the ashram. The length of your trip to Ramanasramam is entirely up to you. Many people like simply walking in and taking a look around. Most people like seeing and listening to the daily pujas and prayers. Many people like immersing themselves in the sacred ambiance of the location. According to your interests, such excursions might last from hours to a day or many days. Sometimes, individuals visit and never return.

Skandashram and Virupaksha Cave

He taught at both places before coming down the Hill to Ramanasramam. They’re accessible from Ramanasramam through a stone route. Walking and seeing these holy sites will take at least two hours, so if you prefer meditation at these sacred sites.

Arunachaleswara Temple

With a total area of 24 acres, this temple is one of the biggest in South India. It is estimated to be over 2000 years old, with the significant structures originating from the Chola monarchs’ reign, roughly 1200 years ago, until around 800 AD. Allow many hours to view it. You might wish to look into the puja timing.

Inner Path and Yellow Path

Walking to Arunachala on the Inner Path is a serene experience. The practice of probably the most common form of the Hill is known as pradakshina or girivalam in Tamil. Several people consider the trek highly rewarding, and the path from Ramanasramam is simple to follow. A few individuals prefer to hire a guide during their first time on the Inner Path. A guide can be hired near Ramanasramam or Saran (contact information below) can guide you. The trek will take approximately 4 hours, and you will be exhausted if you’re in exceptional shape.

Outer Path and Eight Lingams

As a pradakshina walker around Arunachala, Sri Ramana Maharshi follows the Outer Path. It is possible to walk it or use a rickshaw. The eight cardinal lingams aren’t the only temples in the area. You should walk for four hours at least. In as little as an hour, a rickshaw trip may be completed. Touring the temples, shrines, and lingams would take a whole day. This path is significantly different today than when Ramana walked it, with a concrete and expanded road and several new temples and vendors.

Pavala Kundru Temple

Sri Ramana spent some time at Pavala Kundru, which includes the fact that when he left home as a youngster, he met his mother for the first time there. It’s indeed considerably more well-known for being the site where Parvati and Siva combined to form Ardhanariswara. This little hilltop is near Arunachaleswara Temple and Arunachala. It doesn’t get a lot of visitors. A minimum of two hours is required for a journey here.

Pachaiamman Koil (Temple)

Sri Ramana is also related to Pachiaimman Koil. That was where he remained throughout the town’s plague outbreak. Besides oil baths, he also visited. Pachiaimman is the form assumed by Parvati when blindfolding Siva and shutting down the light of the universe in penance. When Pachaiamman was threatened, seven ferocious and more enormous fighters rushed to his rescue.

Adi Annamalai Temple

There is an ancient temple called Adi Annamalai in the area. According to some sources, the great temple is two thousand years old. A serene temple is located on Arunachala’s northwest flank. Spend two hours there.

Tirukkoyilur: Arayaninallur and Viratteswara Temples and Thapovanam Ashram

It’s a one-day excursion. Near the main route between Tiruvannamalai and Tirukkoyilur, there are shrines and temples. On his road to Arunachala, Sri Ramana stopped at the Arayaninallur and Viratteswara temples. Arayaninallur Temple is a historic structure perched on a cliff, with even older tunnels dug into the stone’s base. A light bathed this temple as Ramana, the young, sat there. Not many people visit this temple every year.

Papaji’s and Aum Amma’s Caves

Each cavern is located on Arunachala’s southwest side, approximately two kilometers from the Inner Path’s entry. This location provides tranquillity and a beautiful landscape of Arunachala and the surrounding region. The first time you go, you’ll need to have a guide. Allow three to four hours to complete the task. For the ascent, you’ll need a stick.