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Featured: Marudhamalai Murugan TempleThe Kovai city base for the Adiyogi/Isha centre, the Marudhamalai and Perur temples, the city museums and the Siruvani falls.
Featured: TopslipThe southern gateway town for the Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Topslip, Aliyar Dam and Monkey Falls.
Tea-hills baseThe Western-Ghats tea-estate hill station base for Nallamudi Poonjolai, the Sholayar dam and the Anamalai high ranges.
Featured: Black ThunderThe Nilgiri-foothills town base at the northern edge of the district.
Featured: Adiyogi Shiva StatueThe forested north-western base toward the Nilgiri Biosphere and the Kerala border.
Karamadai area of the district.
Thondamuthur area of the district.
Sulur area of the district.
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The “Manchester of South India” hides temple-crowned hills, the record-breaking Adiyogi bust and a mountain road into the Western Ghats.
Coconut capital, film town and the doorway to the Anamalai hills — how to use Pollachi as a base for Aliyar Dam, Valparai and Topslip.
Forty hairpin bends above Pollachi lift you into a plateau of tea, mist and rainforest, where lion-tailed macaques, elephants and hornbills share the estates.
Wider guides to Coimbatore — its coast, its culture and the routes through it.
Temples and the Adiyogi bust on day one, the 40 hairpin climb into the Anamalai Tiger Reserve on day two, then tea estates, waterfalls and lion-tailed macaques around Valparai.
Day 1 in Coimbatore and aboard the steam toy train; Day 2 among the botanical gardens, lakes and tea estates of the Nilgiris.
From the dry teak forests of Mudumalai to the misty rainforests of the far south, a guide to Tamil Nadu’s five tiger reserves and the sanctuaries around them.
Top places to visit in Anaimalai include Masani Amman Temple, Anaimalai — each has a full guide with how to reach it and what to see nearby on this page.
November to February is the coolest, most comfortable season to visit Anaimalai and the rest of Tamil Nadu. April to June is very hot, and the October–December north-east monsoon brings the delta its main rains.