Places to Visit in Jawadhu Hills

Jawadhu Hills — at a glance

The places themselves, around Jawadhu Hills

The best tourist places to visit in Jawadhu Hills — temples, viewpoints, lakes, heritage and nature, each with a full guide, how to reach it and what to see nearby.

PlaceKovilur Shiva Temple, Jawadhu Hills

The Kovilur Shiva temple, built during the Chola period, is an ancient hill shrine in the Jawadhu (Javvadhu) Hills and one of the range's important pilgrimage spots. Visitors touring the hills often combine it with Beema Falls and Komutteri Lake. It is a rare Chola-era stone shrine set in the tribal Malayali heartland of the Eastern Ghats.

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Jawadhu Hills guides, stories & itineraries

We have not published a story about Jawadhu Hills itself yet. These cover Tiruvannamalai, the district it sits in, and travel in Tamil Nadu generally.

Nearby in Tiruvannamalai

We have not published a story about a place in Jawadhu Hills itself yet. These are the nearest things we have written.

Story

Arunachala: The Hill of Fire at Tiruvannamalai

A hill worshipped as Shiva himself, a temple spread over 25 acres, and a beacon of fire lit on the summit each year and seen for miles.

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Itinerary

Tiruvannamalai & Gingee in 2 Days: A Sacred Hill and the Troy of the East

Two days linking one of India’s largest temples and its holiest hill with the sprawling granite fortress the British called the Troy of the East.

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Guide

The Lesser-Known Hill Stations of Tamil Nadu

Cooler, greener and far less crowded than Ooty or Kodaikanal — a guide to Tamil Nadu’s quieter ranges, from the Kolli Hills’ 70 hairpin bends to sleepy Sirumalai, Yelagiri’s lakes and the wild Jawadhu and Kalrayan plateaux.

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