Arunachala
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Arunachala (IAST: , 'Red Mountain') is a hill in Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, and one of the five main Shaiva holy places in South India. The Arunachalesvara Temple to Shiva is located at the base of the hill. The hill is also known by the names Annamalai, Annamalaiyar Hill, Arunagiri, Arunachalam, Arunai, Sonagiri, and Sonachalam.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Arunachala
- Mountain.other_name
- Annamalai
- Mountain.photo
- Arunachala_morning.jpg
- Mountain.photo_alt
- Picture of Arunachala hill taken from outside town
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 814
- Mountain.range
- Eastern Ghats
- Mountain.location
- Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Tamil Nadu
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- location of Arunachal in Tamil Nadu
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- hill
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Tiruvannamalai district
- Elevation
- 980
- Image
- Arunachala.JPG
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- Eastern Ghats
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- References in religious texts
- Girivalam
- Karthigai Deepam
- Temple
- Reforestation
- Arunachala in popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- External links
Arunachala (IAST: , 'Red Mountain') is a hill in Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, and one of the five main Shaiva holy places in South India. The Arunachalesvara Temple to Shiva is located at the base of the hill. The hill is also known by the names Annamalai, Annamalaiyar Hill, Arunagiri, Arunachalam, Arunai, Sonagiri, and Sonachalam.
Every year in the Tamil month of Kārttikai (November–December), the Kārttikai tīpam light is lit atop the hill.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arunachala” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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