Sathyagirinathar Temple

Getting there

• By air

  Trichy is the nearest airport, 59 km away.

• By train

  Pudukkottai is the nearest railway station.

• By road

  The temple is on Thirumayam Fort, 19.1 km from Pudukkottai town. Buses run to Thirumeyyam from Pudukkottai, Karaikudi, Thanjavur, Madurai and many other places.

Rules to know

• Devotees cannot walk around the Shiva shrine itself.

Why devotees come here

Sathyagirinathar Temple is a Shiva temple in Thirumeyyam, Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu. The presiding deity is Shiva, known as Sathyagirisvarar. It stands on a hill slope in the town and shares its compound wall with a Vishnu temple.

Sathyagirinathar Temple sits on the slope of the hill of Thirumayam, where Thirumayam Fort is located. The presiding deity is Shiva, known here as Sathyagirisvarar, and Devi Venuvanesvari has her own shrine. The temple is 19.1 km from Pudukkottai town.

The Pallavas constructed the temple on the slope of the hill. The shrines of the presiding deity and Devi Venuvanesvari both face east. Devotees cannot walk around the Shiva shrine itself.

The temple shares a compound wall with Sathyamurthi Perumal Temple, a Vishnu temple that fosters harmony among the Shiva and Vishnu sects. The temple celebrates the Chaitra festival, Thaipusam, Pournami, Amavasya and Pradosha. Pudukkottai district, one of the princely states of Tamil Nadu, is known for its fortresses, palaces, temples and cave paintings. It also has many other historical monuments.

Tips for your visit

• On the road into the town from the highway, you pass a small Bhairava temple at the town entrance.
• Sathyamurthi Perumal, the Vishnu temple, stands on the far side of the same compound wall, so both shrines are close together.

Questions people ask