Eastern town below the Sitheri hills and the Theerthamalai pilgrim hill.
November to February
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Entry: Free (open town)
About 45 km SE of Dharmapuri on the Dharmapuri-Chinnasalem road; nearest railhead Dharmapuri or Salem Jn; nearest airport Salem SXV ~65 km
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Featured: Dharmapuri TownMango-country district capital on the Chennai-Bangalore corridor, base for the Kaveri gorge country.
Featured: Hogenakkal FallsKaveri-side town and the gateway to the Hogenakkal Falls coracle rides.
Northern-town baseNorthern taluk town on the road toward the Melagiri hills.
Southern-town baseSouthern taluk town in the district's hill-and-tank country.
Featured: Chenraya Perumal TempleHistoric Adhiyaman fort village with the Chenraya Perumal temple near Dharmapuri town.
Featured: Vathalmalai (Vytla Hills)Morappur area of the district.
Perumbalai area of the district.
Thoppur area of the district.
Papparapatti area of the district.
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Hilltop shrine to Theerthagiriswarar (Shiva) reached by roughly 990 steps. Legend holds that Rama created a sacred spring (theertham) here, giving the hill its name.
Open guide →A taluk town in the southern part of the district and the gateway to the Sitheri Hills and Theerthamalai temple.
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We have not published a story about Harur itself yet. These cover Dharmapuri, the district it sits in, and travel in Tamil Nadu generally.
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On the Tamil Nadu–Karnataka border, the Kaveri crashes through a gorge of ancient rock, throwing up a spray that looks like smoke — and gives Hogenakkal its name.
Coracle rides on the Kaveri, some of South Asia’s oldest rocks, and the temple-and-fort country of Dharmapuri, all in a single easy day out from Bengaluru or Salem.
A low granite hill near Dharmapuri keeps the name of a Sangam chieftain famed not for war but for generosity — the ruler who, legend says, gave a poet the rare fruit that would have lengthened his own life.
Top places to visit in Harur include Theerthamalai Temple, Harur — 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 Harur 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.