
Kattupalayam Malaikaruppu
This temple is a very old one and the deity is believed to protect the nearby hills and forests. There are lot of fearful figurines of terracotta bulls and horses are found here.
About this Sacred Grove
This temple is a very old one and the deity is believed to protect the nearby hills and forests. There are lot of fearful figurines of terracotta bulls and horses are found here. Devotees worship here with different offerings like donating terracotta horses, bulls, divine spear, temple bells, and even animal sacrifice. It is believed that the shape of the scary trees grown in the surroundings of the temple have medicinal values that cures people with mental and psychic health disorders, depression while worshipping the deity at this temple. The ant-hill deity in this temple is also very famous and villagers offer prayers and worship to this god.
Location
Coordinates: 11.6044510, 77.5355310
Open in Google Maps ↗Plants / Species (6)
Devil's backbone
Euphorbia tithymaloides L.- Individual Count
- 28
Mahua
Madhuca longifolia (J.Konig) J.F.Macbr. 1- Individual Count
- 16
Mesquite
Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.- Individual Count
- 59
Oil cake tree
Albizia amara (Roxb.) B. Boivin- Individual Count
- 59
Pala indigo tree
Wrightia tinctoria (Roxb.) R.Br., Mem. Wern. Soc.- Individual Count
- 29
Tamarind
Tamarindus indica L.- Individual Count
- 5