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Sivanmalai

Sivanmalai is about 5km away from Kangeyam and 40km north of Dharapuram near Coimbatore.  The saint poet Tiruvannamalai; Arunagirinathar has sung of Tiruppugazh, he refers this shrine as pattiyalur Lord Muruga was worshipped by SivavakyaSiddhar here. It was a legend that Murugan married Valli against the wishes of her kinsmen who pursued the couple to Sivanmalai all of the tribal huntsmen who fought with the couple were slain Valli requested Murugan to restore life, a long list of her kinsmen and Murugan obliged and restored all the vadars to life.