Marudhamalai, also Maruthamalai or Marudamalai, is a suburb of

Coimbatore Coimbatore, also spelt as Koyamputhur (), sometimes shortened as Kovai (), is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Coimbato ...

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, India. It is located along the Western Ghats, from

. It is currently part of 17th ward of

Coimbatore Corporation The Coimbatore Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the city of Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the second largest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu only after the Greater Chennai Corporation with an area ...

. It was part of

Periyanaickenpalayam Periyanaickenpalayam is a suburb of Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is upcoming developing region . It is covered with many industries around it . It is well connected by road and rail transport. It is located along National Hig ...

village panchayat before merging with

Coimbatore Municipal Corporation The Coimbatore Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the city of Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the second largest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu only after the Greater Chennai Corporation with an area ...

. The suburb houses the famous

Maruthamalai Marudhachalamurthy Temple The Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Marudhamalai (also Maruthamalai or Marudamalai), or the Marudhamalai Murugan Temple, is a popular 12th-century hill temple situated in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Built by Tamil people, Tamil kings during the Sa ...

, campuses of

Bharathiar University Bharathiar University is a Public university, public State university (India), state university in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Named after Tamil people, Tamil poet Subramania Bharati, the university was established in February 1982 under th ...

and the

Government Law College, Coimbatore The Government Law College, Coimbatore is a public law college in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Like the rest of the law colleges in Tamil Nadu, it is administered by Tamil Nadu's Department of Legal Studies, and affiliated to Tamil Nadu Dr. ...

. It is from VadaValli. The Murugan Temple located here is considered to be the seventh abode of

Lord Murugan Kartikeya ( sa, कार्त्तिकेय, Kārttikeya), also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha (), and Murugan ( ta, முருகன்), is the Hinduism, Hindu List of war deities, god of war. He is the son of Parvati an ...

. This temple is about 1200 years old and is under the patronage of

Arunagirinathar Arunagirinaadhar (Aruna-giri-naadhar, ', ) was a Tamil Saiva saint-poet who lived during the 15th century in Tamil Nadu, India. In his treatise ''A History of Indian Literature'' (1974), Czech Indologist Kamil Zvelebil places Arunagirinathar's ...

with

Thiruppugal Thiruppugal (Tamil: , ', IPA/Tamil: , meaning 'Holy Praise' or 'Divine Glory'), sometimes spelled Thiruppugazh, is a 15th-century anthology of Tamil religious songs dedicated to Lord Murugan, the son of Lord Shiva, written by the poet-saint ...

. There are references to this temple in the inscriptions in the temple at

Thirumuruganpoondi Thirumuruganpoondi is a Municipality in Tirupur District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is about South from Tirupur city and west from Coimbatore city. Etymology The place derives its name from the Murugan temple: Thirumuruganatheeswar ...

. Adjacent to the temple is the Pambatti Siddhar Cave Temple. Like other temples dedicated to Lord Murugan, the Marudhamalai Temple is located on the top of a hill in the Western Ghats

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