Paramathi Fort

A roughly 1,000-year-old Shiva temple built in the Pandya period, one of five temples linked to the Pandava Bhima, who is said to have installed its lingam. It stands on the banks of the Thirumanimutharu, which joins the Cauvery near Velur, and is a rare site where temple, river and cremation ground occur together as at Kasi.

A Murugan hill temple at Mohanur, a small town on the Cauvery river near Namakkal. It is one of the main pilgrimage temples of the Mohanur area.

A hilltop temple reached by around 1200 steps or by road, enshrining Shiva in the Ardhanareeswarar form as half-man, half-woman.

A living shrine centred on the tall open-air Anjaneyar image facing the separate Narasimhaswamy temple.

A Pallava-era rock-cut cave temple dedicated to Narasimha, carved into the flank of the Namakkal fort rock, facing the open-air Anjaneyar shrine.

A shrine to the goddess Namagiri Amman within the Narasimhaswamy temple precinct in Namakkal. Namagiri Thayar is celebrated as the family deity of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, who credited her with inspiring his mathematical insights.

A Pallava-era rock-cut cave temple dedicated to Ranganatha (reclining Vishnu), carved into the Namakkal fort rock alongside the Narasimhaswamy shrine.

A hilltop fort built on the towering Namakkal rock, with the rock-cut Pallava-era Narasimhaswamy and Ranganathaswamy cave temples set into its flanks.

A dam built across the Cauvery river in the Kabilarmalai area, about 36 km from Namakkal town. It is a popular picnic and boating spot for local visitors.

A Vishnu temple in Kanakapatti village where the deity is worshipped as Sundararajan, a form signifying beauty and grace. It is one of the notable Perumal shrines around Tiruchengode.

A Ganesha shrine at the highest point of the Tiruchengode hill, near the Ardhanareeswarar temple complex. Pilgrims climbing the hill stop here for its commanding view over the town.

A Murugan temple on the same hill as the Ardhanareeswarar shrine in Tiruchengode. A major pilgrimage centre, it is closely associated with the Sengunthar (Kaikolar) community, whose name derives from Murugan's red spear.