March 24, 2019
Recent reports have confirmed that the Southern Railway, Salem division will operate the existing Mettupalayam to Coimbatore service on sundays too. This demand has been a long pending one as the ...
The State Highways Department will soon take up widening of Kalapatti Road for 8.6 km, for easing traffic flow on the road from SITRA to Kurumbapalayam. Officials of the Department said the road ...
12 Feb
Recent reports have confirmed that the Southern Railway, Salem division will operate the ...
The State Highways Department will soon take up widening of Kalapatti Road for 8.6 km, for ...
12 Feb
Coimbatore: A one-year-old elephant calf that was left alone by its family for several ...
20 Dec
As many as 26 elephants from various temples and mutts from across the State were brought to ...
Coimbatore Corporation’s Town Planning wing officials on Wednesday demolished 89 houses on IRF ...
11 Dec
To create a database of wild elephants that frequently enter human habitations, the World ...
10 Dec
With visitors to parks and gardens in the Nilgiris complaining of over crowding, the scenic ...
10 Dec
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ...
Southern Railway, Salem Division, has proposed to conduct the trial run of the self-propelled ...
27 Nov
Thudiyalur Arivoli Nagar resident Vijayalakshmi (45), who was returning home after selling ...
Matheswara Temple, Kuttaiyur. Sri Matheswara Temple is about 3 kms from Mettupalayam towards Coimbatore. It is located on a hillock near Mettupalayam and near a village called Kuttaiyur. Matheswara is a Shiva name. This temple is believed to be there for over a thousand years (to be proven). This temple’s history is that a cow...
Oothimalai Temple at Pethikuttai History Brahma the god of creater went to kailasam (the abode of Lord Siva) and wished only Lord Ganesha and did not pay any attention to Lord Muruga, Lord Muruga called on Brahma and asked him to recite the meaning of the Pranava Mantra, and Brahma did not know the answer...
Idugamapalayam is located about 15 kms north east from Mettupalayam. The word “Palayam” came to existence due to the army camps run by Palayakars. It is located in the Unjavananadu due to the unjanava tree abundance. The temple for Jayamangala Anjeneyar was refurbished in the 13th century by Krishnadeva Rayar under then guidance of Viyasa...
At Karamadai, a place near Mettupalayam there lived people by the name ” Thottiyars “. Karamadai got its name from the abundance of Karai trees and Karai Cows in this area at one point in time. The Thottiars were traditionally herdsmen. One of the Thottiya had some (Karai Pasu) cows in his cattle. At the...
Annai Veilankanni Church located in Mettupalayam-Coimbatore Road HISTORY: Thirvalar Gabriel and his wife Lourdeu lived in Mettupalayam. One day Lourdeu fell ill with a disease which gave her only 2 years 1967 and 1968 to live (as advised by the doctors). Gabriel then took his wife and prayed to the mother Veilankanni for relief from...
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