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Maruthamalai, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu · 11.0461°, 76.8519°
A hill temple to Murugan set on a granite outcrop about 12 km west of Coimbatore in the Western Ghats, run by the Tamil Nadu HR&CE department. It is popularly counted as a seventh addition to the Six Abodes of Murugan.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The sage Pambatti Siddhar is said to have done penance here, to whom Murugan first appeared as a serpent and then in his own form with Valli and Devasena.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Tamil kings (Sangam tradition)
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