Sri Kalugasalamoorthy temple

	Moolavar	:	Kalugasalamoorthy (Murugan)
	Urchavar	:	Murugan
	Amman / Thayar	:	- Valli, Deivanai.
	Thala Virutcham	:	-
	Theertham	:	-
	Agamam / Pooja	:	-
	Old year	:	500-1000 years old
	Historical Name	:	-
	City	:	Kalugumalai
	District	:	Thoothukudi
	State	:	Tamil Nadu

History

Kalugasalamoorthy temple

The main deity of this temple is Murugan. The main deity hall and entrance hall is excavated inside the foot hills of kalugumalai in the south western corner of the hill and with external structural additions. The temple has many aesthetic sculptures.The temple dates to 18th century.The main deity is Lord Murugan with his wife Deivanai. The temple complex also has shrines of Shiva, Akilandeswari, Vinayakar and many lesser deities

Vettuvan Koil

Vettuvan Koil (English: a Sculptor's paradise) is a Hindu temple built between the 8th and 9th century. Kalugumalai is a priceless unfinished Pandyan monolith cave temple, part of the iconographic richness that helped chronicle the burgeoning richness of the Tamil culture, traditions, and sacred centres containing religious art.About 7.5 meter of the mountain is excavated in a rectangular fashion and in the middle the temple is sculpted from a single piece of rock. The carvings reflect the southern temple style of the Pandya era. Only the top portion of the temple is completed.

General Information:

This temple history related to Ramayana.

Prayer :

For satisfactory marriage alliances, children, Edcution, development of business and agriculture and promotions in job are boons devotees seek from the Lord of this temple. It is believed that job promotions are sure once the devotee visits and prays in the temple.

How to Reach Temple:

Reach Madurai Maatuthavani bus terminal. This is biggest bus terminal in Madurai. Same as Chennai Koyambedu bus terminal. Get Madurai to Kovilpati Bus. Once you reach kovilpatti. Again you will get SankaranKovil bus. Then ask busconductor to kalugumalai. This is temple on the way of sankaran kovil.