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Mapped within about 1.2 km of Belur, with real walking routes rather than straight-line distances. Community-mapped data: opening hours are shown only where they are recorded, and this is not a complete list — something unmapped may well be closer. Please confirm on the ground.
Featured: Kottai Mariamman TempleThe Kaveri-country city base for the Kottai Mariamman and Sugavaneswarar temples, the museum, Mookaneri lake and Kanjamalai.
Featured: Yercaud LakeThe Shevaroy-hills station base for Yercaud Lake, Lady's Seat, Pagoda Point, Kiliyur Falls and the Servaroyan temple.
Featured: Mettur DamThe Kaveri dam-town base for the Mettur Dam and the Stanley Reservoir.
Featured: Sangagiri FortThe Salem-Erode road base for the Sankagiri hill fort.
Featured: Tharamangalam Kailasanathar TempleTharamangalam area of the district.
Featured: Attur FortAttur area of the district.
Kalipatti area of the district.
Udayapatti area of the district.
Seelanaickenpatti area of the district.
Kanjamalai baseKanjamalai area of the district.
Aragalur area of the district.
Mecheri area of the district.
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List your placeThe best tourist places to visit in Belur — temples, viewpoints, lakes, heritage and nature, each with a full guide, how to reach it and what to see nearby.
An irrigation reservoir near Belur set among low hills, used as a picnic and boating spot. It is one of the main water bodies among Salem's lakes and reservoirs and draws visitors during and after the monsoon.
Open guide →A Shiva temple at Belur about 35 km from Salem, known for its varied stone sculptures. It is a heritage temple of the Salem-Belur belt.
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We have not published a story about Belur itself yet. These cover Salem, the district it sits in, and travel in Tamil Nadu generally.
We have not published a story about a place in Belur itself yet. These are the nearest things we have written.
Coffee-scented and often overlooked, Yercaud is the Eastern Ghats' answer to Ooty — a hill station you climb to on twenty hairpin bends.
A large city ringed by the Shevaroys and Kanjamalai, Salem pairs busy temples and lakes with a giant Kaveri dam and the hill escape of Yercaud.
From the 2nd-century Grand Anicut to the vast Stanley Reservoir at Mettur, Tamil Nadu’s dams are both the lifelines of its river plains and some of its finest scenic outings.
Route-level itineraries and practical guides for the rest of the state.
Day one in Salem with its hill fort and the great Kaveri dam at Mettur; day two up twenty hairpin bends to Yercaud, the Shevaroys, quiet lake and coffee country.
Kanchipuram silk, Chettinad Kandangi cotton and Athangudi tiles, Thanjavur bronzes and Tanjore paintings, Salem silk, Madurai Sungudi and Bhavani carpets — a craft trail across Tamil Nadu.
Tea belongs to the high Nilgiri ridgelines; coffee to the shadier Shevaroys, Palanis and Kollis. Here is where each grows, how the estates came to be, and how to visit a working factory or bungalow.
Top places to visit in Belur include Anaimaduvu Reservoir, Thanthondreeswarar Temple — 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 Belur 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.