Pachaimalai Hills
Low green hills in Tiruchirappalli, with the Koraiyar falls and a Malayali tribal population.
- Where
- Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 11.3258, 78.6309
Get the Pachaimalai Hills stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Pachaimalai Hills. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Tamil Nadu volume with your photos and a note.
Near Pachaimalai Hills
Kolli Hills 26 km
Seventy hairpins, and the Agaya Gangai falls.
Agaya Gangai 27 km
A hundred metre fall on the Kollimalai, reached down a flight of a thousand steps.
Thiruvellarai Pundarikakshan Perumal Temple 41 km
A Divya Desam temple to Vishnu on a rise of white rock north of Srirangam, said to be older than Srirangam itself; its sanctum has two doorways that each open for half the year, and outside lies a four-armed stepped tank built around 800 CE.
Samayapuram Mariamman Temple 47 km
A temple near Trichy second only to Palani in what it collects, and the goddess is made of sand and jaggery.
Srirangam 51 km
An island between the Kaveri and the Kollidam, holding the largest working temple complex in India.
Namakkal Fort 52 km
A fort on the rock at Namakkal, built for the Madurai Nayaks and later held by Tipu.
Ranganathaswamy Temple 52 km
The largest working temple complex in the world, twenty one gopurams inside seven concentric walls.
Jambukeswarar Temple 53 km
The water among the five element shrines, with a spring under the linga that never dries.
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Questions
Where is Pachaimalai Hills?
Pachaimalai Hills is in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kolli Hills (26 km), Agaya Gangai (27 km), Thiruvellarai Pundarikakshan Perumal Temple (41 km).
How do I get the Pachaimalai Hills stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Pachaimalai Hills and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Tamil Nadu volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Pachaimalai Hills before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Tamil Nadu volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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