Aruppukottai area of the district.
October to March
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Entry: Free
Aruppukottai town, ~30 km from Virudhunagar; nearest railway station Virudhunagar Junction (~30 km); Madurai Airport (IXM) ~40 km.
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Featured: Srivilliputhur Andal TempleHome of the Andal temple whose 192-ft gopuram is on the Tamil Nadu state emblem, and gateway to the Grizzled Squirrel sanctuary.
Ghats-foothill baseLargest town in the district at the foot of the Western Ghats, base for Ayyanar Falls and the Rajapalayam hound country.
Fireworks-town baseIndia's firecracker, safety-match and offset-printing capital, base for the Bhadrakali and Thiruthangal shrines.
Vaippar-river baseSafety-match and chilli-trade town on the Vaippar river between Virudhunagar and Sivakasi.
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We have not published a story about Aruppukottai itself yet. These cover Virudhunagar, the district it sits in, and travel in Tamil Nadu generally.
We have not published a story about a place in Aruppukottai itself yet. These are the nearest things we have written.
A soaring white gopuram, the only woman among the Alvar poet-saints, and a milk sweet with its own GI tag — the many layers of Srivilliputhur.
A forest-clad hill in the Western Ghats above Thaniparai, revered as an abode of the siddhars — reached only by a long, steep pilgrim trek to its twin Shiva shrines.
A dry, dusty town in Virudhunagar makes most of the fireworks India sets off at Diwali, along with mountains of matchboxes and printed labels. This is the tangled story of how it got there.
Top places to visit in Aruppukottai include Aruppukottai — 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 Aruppukottai 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.