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Chettikulam, Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu · 11.1374°, 78.7893°
A hill temple complex to Murugan at Chettikulam in Perambalur district, ascribed to a Pandya king named Kulasekhara and reached by 240 steps. Its four-foot swayambhu image is unusual in showing the god with hair and holding a sugarcane marked with eleven divisions, and on the third to fifth days of the Tamil month of Masi the setting sun's rays climb the deity from foot to face.
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.
Murugan is said to have been given the sugarcane by his mother Parvati in congratulation for defeating the demons, and to have carried it to this hill.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Pandya
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