Tiruvannamalai Shri Annamalaiyar Temple seen from the hill :

Tiruvannamalai Shri Annamalaiyar Temple seen from the hill :

The view of the temple from the hill slopes is really contemplating. The courtyards surrounding the central shrine where courtyards built of stone tall gourmands seen very dominatingly and other buildings being scattered in the courtyards under the shade of big trees. The other shrines are also present within this big courtyard.

The God Shiva is associated with each of the five elements namely Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Ether in five different holy places with Tamilnadu. As we already know after hearing the story of how Lord Shiva attained the mountain roopam and enlightened as a dense volume of fire here in Thiruvannamalai. The Lord Shiva is Fire here in Thiruvannamalai. The temple is the result of more than nine centuries of building process. Enlargements and alterations have been succeeded one another, can find the dates of work from the inscriptions engraved on the walls since the 10th century. The engravings tells about kings, donors. It is also said that the actual places of worship of temple was merely a small isolated temple. This temple for over so many years rebuilt and altered many times is the major total part we see now. The courtyards increased as building and started to include new buildings within the existing walls started to get included thus taking many years of construction. The outer area is 465m long and 225 metres wide as per the dating from the 16th Century. The alterations have continued up till now inside the walls and can expect more to come in future also. This temple of Lord Shiva is the holy place for one to attain Salvation and get the full grace of Lord Shiva. The rules over this premises and that is why people from over far distances come in thousands to thousands, year after year to make their janmam punya of this janma. A Complete Information Website about Tiruvannamalai. for more details Pictures, Videos Visit http://www.tiruvannamalai.co.in