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Pachaimalai, Gobichettipalayam, Erode district, Tamil Nadu · 11.4489°, 77.4456°
A hill temple to Murugan near Gobichettipalayam, built in 1956 after a devotee reported a divine spark on the hillock in 1954 and enlarged in 1980. It has a five-tier gopuram and a forty-foot statue of the god, and the hill is named in the 17th-century Thirukutrala Kuravanji.
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 Durvasa is said to have installed a chakra on the hillock, after which Murugan appeared there in the form of a serpent to grant darshan.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern
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