Tourist-Places-Thiruvannamalai

Thiruvannamalai is a holy and historic place located about 175 km from Chennai. This place is considered to be a place of salvation for several saints like Gugai Namachivayar, Seshadri Swamigal, Ramana Maharishi, Arunagirinathar etc. There are many places to visit here including the caves and shelters of holy men. It is one of the places of five elements (Pancha Bootha Sthalam) and the element here is ‘fire’or ‘Agni’. In Sanskrit Thiruvannamalai is called as ‘Sonachalam’ which means ‘Red mountain’, symbolic of fire. Some of the visiting places are stated here.