Tiruchuli

The temple has undergone extensive renovations and the present building accommodates shrines built over time within the high boundary walls constructed during the reign of Muthuramalinga Setupati.

Tiruchuli is admired by people who are pious, religious, and love seclusion for meditation and chants in the name of the divine.

A famous shrine is in the Agraharam adjoining the temple, called Sundara Mandiram, which is the house where Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi was born.

A temple for the Tamil philosopher-saint Valluvar, the author of the Tirukkural, is located in Periya Pudupatti village near Tiruchuli.

People consider Valluvar as the 64th Nayanmar of the Saivite tradition and worship him as god and saint, taking annual procession.

In 2017, in the areas of Theni, Usilampatti and Tirumangalam, flooding in the Kunda, filled Kanmai with floodwater that led to a rise in groundwater levels.

An NGO, ODAM, operates outside of Tiruchuli and work on empowering women, educational classes and has established a research centre for biodiesel 7 km outside of the town.

Tiruchuli temple inside
Tiruchuli temple north side entrance