Vellore Vallimalai is a village in Katpadi taluk ( Vellore North Taluk ) of

Vellore district Vellore district () is one of the 38 districts in the Tamil Nadu state of India. It is one of the eleven districts that form the north region of Tamil Nadu. Vellore city is the headquarters of this district. As of 2011, the district had a popu ...

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, India. It is located from

Vellore Vellore (English: ), also spelt as Velur (), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Palar River in the northeastern part of Tamil Nadu and is separa ...

City and it is near

Ponnai Ponnai is a Town panchayat which is located in the Vellore district, Vellore District within the state of Tamil Nadu. Ponnai Panchayat is composed of 18 villages, with Ponnai serving as the head town. Transport Nearby towns are linked by rail ...

. It is known for Subramaniyar temple, a

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temple for

Murugan Kartikeya ( sa, कार्त्तिकेय, Kārttikeya), also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha (), and Murugan ( ta, முருகன்), is the Hindu god of war. He is the son of Parvati and Shiva, the brother of Ganesha ...

. (; ta, முருகன்; ). is the place where , the daughter of Lord

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and

Lakshmi Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with ''Maya'' ("Illusion"). Alo ...

was born (according to legends, via the sweat drop from Lakshmi that fell on the grass at this place, and later on consumed by a female deer, thereafter was born to the Deer). Raised up by the Chief of the tribe, grew up to be a beautiful damsel. Narada muni recounted about to thereafter went to woo the damsel . After several vain attempts and finally with Lord

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's help, and are united. They elope from and get married, settle down at Thanigai ( Thirutthani). There is another place by name

Vellimalai Vellimalai is a panchayat town in Kanniyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Demographics India census, Vellimalai had a population of 11,758. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Vellimalai has an average lite ...

, near

Kanyakumari Kanniyakumari (; , referring to Devi Kanya Kumari), also known as Cape Comorin, is a city in Kanniyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent and the southernmost city in mainland Ind ...

and

Nagercoil Nagercoil, also spelt as Nagarkovil ("Temple of the Nāgas", or Nagaraja-Temple), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu state, India. Situated close to the tip of the Indian peninsula, it lies on an ...

bordering with

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State, which subscribes to the same story, where in Valli was born to marry with Murugan in a

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. is a dear place to and thus , and Deyvaanai (; ta, தெய்வானை; ) live eternally at this place. There is the

Thiruppugazh 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 ...

aashramam atop , where the tradition of lives on. During the Pallava dynasty's regime, they built the Subramaniyar temple, a rock cut temple dedicated to . The temple is one of the

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in Tamil Nadu. Another legend about how came to the involves lord

. In the foot of hill is the Sri Thenvenkatachalapathy temple, where Vishnu's moorthy looks like a saint. According to history when Vishnu was in deep meditation,

came in the form of a deer and she plays in front of him. At that time Vishnu's meditation was disturbed and he saw that deer. Due to his holy glory a beautiful daughter was born. Both of them left their daughter for the sake of their devotee king. After that, the king found this infant in a Vaḷḷikiḻaṅku field so, she was called . In the temple, there is an idol which is Swayambu

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. There is a belief that childless devotees will get children after praying in this temple.

Vallimalai Jain caves

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king Raja Mallan-I carved caves for

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monks who lived here to spread their

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Tamilakam Tamiḻakam (Tamil: தமிழகம்; Malayalam: തമിഴകം), refers to the geographical region inhabited by the ancient Tamil people, covering the southernmost region of the Indian subcontinent. Tamilakam covered today's Tamil Nad ...

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