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Girivalam hills

Next Pournami girivalam windows

  • Sun 25 Oct 2026Pournami : Sun 11:31 am to Mon 10:15 am (IST)
  • Tue 24 Nov 2026Pournami thithi: Mon 11:11 pm to Tue 9:18 pm (IST)
  • Wed 23 Dec 2026Pournami thithi: Wed 10:27 am to Thu 8:10 am (IST)

Source: the Vakya almanac (the same for every town in Tamil Nadu); Thirukanitha from Chennai sunrise (13.09°N, 80.28°E) · How we calculate

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Girivalam hills

  • Arunachala Hill Tiruvannamalai, Tiruvannamalai district 14 km · The walk starts at the temple and follows a path of about 14 km round the hill. Eight shrines, the Ashtalingams of the eight directions from Indra Lingam to Esanya Lingam, stand along the way, and it is customary to begin by bowing at the Indra Lingam.This is the hill that rises behind the Annamalaiyar temple at Tiruvannamalai. Worshipping the hill itself as a form of Shiva is the tradition of this town.Walking round the hill is called malai suttrudhal or girivalam. On every Pournami lakhs of devotees walk the circuit here, and walking on Pradosham days and on the first day of a Tamil month is also a tradition. Most walk barefoot, keeping the hill on their right.
  • Thiruparankundram Hill Thiruparankundram, Madurai district People start at the foot of the temple and walk the road round the hill. A Dinamalar report puts the circuit at about 3 km.This is the great rocky hill beside the Thiruparankundram temple near Madurai, the first of the Arupadai Veedu of Murugan. The temple is cut into the rock, so the hill itself is regarded as its vimanam.Tradition holds that the hill itself is in the form of a lingam, so on full-moon days devotees walk round it. Maalaimalar notes that where only a handful once walked, thousands now come with their families.
  • Vedagiri Hill Thirukazhukundram, Chengalpattu district People start at the foothill temple and walk the road round the hill. Maalaimalar gives the circuit as about 3 km, while Vikatan gives the hill's circumference as about 4 km.This is the hill of Thirukazhukundram, about 15 km from Chengalpattu. The Vedagiriswarar temple crowns the summit and the Tripurasundari Amman temple stands at its foot.Every month on Pournami, devotees from Chennai join local people in walking round the hill. Temple accounts say there are records of girivalam beginning here even before Tiruvannamalai.
  • Chennimalai Hill Chennimalai, Erode district The walk starts at the Siddhi Vinayagar temple at the foot of the hill and follows roads through the surrounding villages. The hill is forest land, so there is no separate girivalam path; devotees quoted by Maalaimalar put the circuit at about 18 km.At Chennimalai in Erode district, a Murugan temple stands on top of the hill. As more Murugan devotees come here, walking round the hill has also grown popular.The Pournami girivalam at Chennimalai has been held for about 25 years. Each month on Pournami the girivalam group sets out together from the foot of the hill, and on Chithra Pournami thousands walk the circuit together.
  • Ayyarmalai (Rathnagiri) Ayyarmalai, near Kulithalai, Karur district People walk the girivalam path round the foot of the hill. Maalaimalar gives the hill's circumference as about 4 km.This hill stands about 8 km south of Kulithalai in Karur district, with the Rathnagireeswarar temple on its summit.Like Tiruvannamalai, Ayyarmalai is known for girivalam. On every Pournami thousands from the surrounding villages walk round the hill in the evening, and the crowd is larger still on Chithra Pournami.
  • Thoranamalai near Kadayam, Tenkasi district Devotees begin by bowing to Vallaba Vinayagar at the foot of the hill. Daily Thanthi gives the circuit round the hill as about 6 km.This hill stands in the Western Ghats near Kadayam in Tenkasi district, with a Murugan temple in a cave on the hill.It is the custom here for devotees to walk round the hill on every Pournami, chanting Murugan's name as they go.
  • Parvathamalai Kadaladi, near Kalasapakkam, Tiruvannamalai district 26 km · The circuit runs for about 26 km round the hill, linking the villages at its foot.This tall hill rises beside the villages of Kadaladi and Thenmathimangalam in Kalasapakkam taluk, Tiruvannamalai district, with the Mallikarjunaswamy temple on its peak.Devotees walk round the hill on Pournami days, and tradition holds that one such circuit equals going round Kailash itself. Thousands also walk it on the first day of Tamil months.

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