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ArulmiguVetriVelayudhaswamy Temple

Oncethe famous saint Agastiyar came to this place for meditation but was not able to find water. He prayed to Lord Murugan to help him. Soon Lord Murugan appeared before him and thrust His lance (Vel) in the sand. Soon water spring came from the spot. That place is called "Utrukuli." "Later only it came to be called Uttukuli.No one knows when the temple was build here, just they have the history. But only 200 years before some rural kings build the temple and five years before with the help of some donors the temple was rebuild and now it is the important spiritual place in Uthukuli, Tiruppur District. Daily more than 200 people visit UttukuliMurugan Temple and on special occasions like Thaipoosammore than 100,000 devotees come.The important thing is that only in Kaithamalai that is Uttukuli. The temple car is in the hill and devotees pull the temple car in the slopes so that no place in the world where a temple car is pulled in the hill.Then the God is called as "VetriVelayudha Swami" and the Temple is called "Kaithamalai." The place is in Uttukuli situated in Tiruppur District, Tamilnadu.