Shoolagiri is a large village[1] and Taluk in the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu.

Tamil is the official and spoken language, however there are also a significant number of Telugu and Kannada speakers in the town.

[2] The temple is glorified in the Mahabharatha by Vyasa as Bholoka Vaikuntham and worshiped by the Pandavas.

The temple is classified as one of the 108 Abhimana Kshethrams of the Vaishnavate tradition.

The literacy rate was 77.03%, lower than the Tamil Nadu state average of 80.09%.