Thiruengoimalai Arulmigu Maragathaleswara swami Temple lies 40 kms from Tiruchirappalli and 5 kms from Musiri, Taluk headquarters in Tiruchirappalli District. Thiruengoimalai lies between Musiri and Thottiam. The hillock is otherwise called Maragathamalai / Thenkailayam / Sivasakthimalai / Malaikovil / Erattaimalai. Name of the Goddess is Maragathambigai / Maragathavalli. God is also named as Maragathasalanathar/ Malaikozhundar / Achutheeswarar / Birameswarar / Indreekarar / Threethar.

The river Cauvery passes nearby the hillock. The river 'Surpanathi' passes adjoining the hillock. The river is otherwise called Kondayurumarai or Kondamarai. The name is said to be a corruption of Thiru-i-ongaimalai ('the' holy high bees 'mountains')and to have been so called because the sage Agastya , finding the gates of the Siva temple closed one evening, turned himself into a bee and so obtained entrance to perform his worship. The lingam of the temple is said to be transparent and also to throw a green shadow when camphor is burned. It is therefore called the ('Emerald') Maragathalingam.The god is connected with the deities of kadambarkovil and Ratnagiri. At all these three temples Mondays in Karthigai and the Taipoosam day are special holy days. The temple is sung in Devaram also. At the base of the temple lies Bogar Sidha temple. 500 vertical steps lead to the temple at the top of the hillock. Poet Nakkeerar has sung a booklet named Eengoi-Ezhupathu ( 70 Eengoi songs)

Thiruengoimalai Arulmigu Maragathaleswara swami Temple lies 40 kms from Tiruchirappalli and 5 kms from Musiri, Taluk headquarters in Tiruchirappalli District. Thiruengoimalai lies between Musiri and Thottiam. The hillock is otherwise called Maragathamalai / Thenkailayam / Sivasakthimalai / Malaikovil / Erattaimalai. Name of the Goddess is Maragathambigai / Maragathavalli. God is also named as Maragathasalanathar/ Malaikozhundar / Achutheeswarar / Birameswarar / Indreekarar / Threethar.

The river Cauvery passes nearby the hillock. The river 'Surpanathi' passes adjoining the hillock. The river is otherwise called Kondayurumarai or Kondamarai. The name is said to be a corruption of Thiru-i-ongaimalai ('the' holy high bees 'mountains')and to have been so called because the sage Agastya , finding the gates of the Siva temple closed one evening, turned himself into a bee and so obtained entrance to perform his worship. The lingam of the temple is said to be transparent and also to throw a green shadow when camphor is burned. It is therefore called the ('Emerald') Maragathalingam.The god is connected with the deities of kadambarkovil and Ratnagiri. At all these three temples Mondays in Karthigai and the Taipoosam day are special holy days. The temple is sung in Devaram also. At the base of the temple lies Bogar Sidha temple. 500 vertical steps lead to the temple at the top of the hillock. Poet Nakkeerar has sung a booklet named Eengoi-Ezhupathu ( 70 Eengoi songs)

Arulmigu Viswanathar temple , otherwise called Neelivaneswarar temple lies 20 kms north - west of Tiruchirappalli . The Sorudaieeswarar shrine associated with the divine poet Appar , Athikara Vallavar ( Somaskander ) who gave rebirth to Yama ( god of death ) cave shrine , the Siva rock hewn shrine is said to be done by Mahendravarma Pallava , otherwise called Gunabaran ,during 640 AD .

Plantain tree is workshipd here and poojas are performed to the tree .which has been decorated and worshipped . Both men and women, including Christians and even Muslims perform poojas to the plantain tree especially on the Sundays and Fridays. All the articles needed for the special poojas are also available in the temple campus itself, he added. The temple has preserved hundreds of invitations received from those whose marriages have been solemnized after they performed the poojas.

There is no Navagraha shrine separately as the steps leading to the main shrine is said to be Navagrahas. In front of statue of the Nandhi, the Navagrahas are prayed by lighting the stone cavern hole lamps made on the floor. The name of the goddess is Vishalakshi/ Neelnedunkanni amman.

There are many stone inscriptions in this temple. Rajendra chola - I Rajathi Rajan-I and Chola kings donated for regular daily poojas and maintenance of the temple. Chinnandavar & Periyandavar, rural guardian deities are also located in the temple premises. Karthigai festival is a noted festival here. This temple is also called ' south kailash'. The statue of Suthamahamunivar lies in the outer precincts of the temple. The shrine of lord vishnu named Senthamaraikannan lies inside the temple.

There is also a good fresh water spring 2 kms north of the temple on the way to Arulmigu Pundarikatsha Perumal temple, Thiruvellarai 2 kms from the spring .