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Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Palani" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF" title="پالانی، هند – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پالانی، هند" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80" title="पलनी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पलनी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a 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For the films, see <a href="/wiki/Pazhani_(1965_film)" title="Pazhani (1965 film)">Pazhani (1965 film)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pazhani_(2008_film)" title="Pazhani (2008 film)">Pazhani (2008 film)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the pilgrim city in Tamil Nadu, India. For the temple, see <a href="/wiki/Palani_Murugan_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Palani Murugan Temple">Palani Murugan Temple</a>. 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Palani</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Town" title="Town">Town</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Palani_Montage.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Clockwise from top left: Gopuram of Palani Murugan temple, Winch pulled car climbing uphill, Vaiyapuri Pond, View of temple atop the hill"><img alt="Clockwise from top left: Gopuram of Palani Murugan temple, Winch pulled car climbing uphill, Vaiyapuri Pond, View of temple atop the hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Palani_Montage.png/250px-Palani_Montage.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Palani_Montage.png/375px-Palani_Montage.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Palani_Montage.png/500px-Palani_Montage.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1079" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Clockwise from top left: Gopuram of <a href="/wiki/Palani_Murugan_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Palani Murugan temple">Palani Murugan temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winch" title="Winch">Winch</a> pulled car climbing uphill, Vaiyapuri Pond, View of temple atop the hill</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od 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style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Tamil_Nadu_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Palani is located in Tamil Nadu"><img alt="Palani is located in Tamil Nadu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/India_Tamil_Nadu_location_map.svg/250px-India_Tamil_Nadu_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="310" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/India_Tamil_Nadu_location_map.svg/375px-India_Tamil_Nadu_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/India_Tamil_Nadu_location_map.svg/500px-India_Tamil_Nadu_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1591" data-file-height="1975" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:55.731%;left:29.019%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Palani"><img alt="Palani" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Palani</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Palani, Tamil Nadu</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Palani&params=10.450000_N_77.516100_E_type:city(70467)_region:IN-TN"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">10°27′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">77°30′58″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">10.450000°N 77.516100°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">10.450000; 77.516100</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Region" title="Region">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kongu_Nadu" title="Kongu Nadu">Kongu Nadu</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_in_India" title="List of districts in India">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dindigul_district" title="Dindigul district">Dindigul</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Selection-Grade Municipality</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">341 m (1,119 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)<sup id="cite_ref-2011census_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">70,467</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">PIN</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">624 601</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Telephone code</th><td class="infobox-data">04545</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>TN</b> <b>94</b></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://palanimurugantemple.org">palanimurugantemple<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palani_Town.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Palani_Town.jpg/270px-Palani_Town.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Palani_Town.jpg/405px-Palani_Town.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Palani_Town.jpg/540px-Palani_Town.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1440" /></a><figcaption><b>View of Palani Town</b></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Palani</b> or Pazhani(<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Tamil:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ta-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Tamil" title="Help:IPA/Tamil">[paɻani]</a></span>), is a town in <a href="/wiki/Dindigul_district" title="Dindigul district">Dindigul district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> state in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It is located about 54 kilometres (34 mi) west of <a href="/wiki/Dindigul" title="Dindigul">Dindigul</a>, 106 kilometres (66 mi) south-east of <a href="/wiki/Coimbatore" title="Coimbatore">Coimbatore</a>, 122 kilometres (76 mi) north-west of <a href="/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai</a>, 67 kilometres (42 mi) from Kodaikanal. The <a href="/wiki/Palani_Murugan_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Palani Murugan Temple">Palani Murugan Temple</a> or Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple (Thiru Avinankudi), dedicated to Murugan is situated on a hill overlooking the town. The temple is visited by more than 7 million pilgrims each year. As of 2011, the town had a population of 70,467 and the Taluk had a population of 292,301<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which makes it the second largest town in the district after Dindigul.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palani&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town derives its name from the compounding of two <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> words <i>palam</i> meaning <i>fruit</i> and <i>nee</i> meaning <i>you</i>, a reference to poet <a href="/wiki/Avvaiyar_(Sangam_poet)" title="Avvaiyar (Sangam poet)">Avvaiyar</a>'s song praising<a href="/wiki/Kartikeya" title="Kartikeya">Muruga</a> which forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Palani_Murugan_Temple#Mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Palani Murugan Temple">legend</a> of the Palani Murugan temple. But the actual correct word is பழம்நீர் which means place surrounded by fruit with water(Coconut and Palm)trees. The word கழனி which is similar in name, both gives agricultural meanings, here கழனி means வயல் (field). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palani&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tamil_Inscriptions_Pazhani.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Tamil_Inscriptions_Pazhani.jpg/220px-Tamil_Inscriptions_Pazhani.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Tamil_Inscriptions_Pazhani.jpg/330px-Tamil_Inscriptions_Pazhani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Tamil_Inscriptions_Pazhani.jpg/440px-Tamil_Inscriptions_Pazhani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1936" /></a><figcaption>Tamil Inscriptions at Pazhani Temple</figcaption></figure> <p>References to the place exist in ancient Tamil devotional texts. According to Hindu mythology, "Sage <a href="/wiki/Narada" title="Narada">Narada</a> once visited the celestial court of Shiva at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Kailash" title="Mount Kailash">Mount Kailash</a> to present to Him a fruit, the <a href="/wiki/Jnana_Palam" title="Jnana Palam"><i>jnana-palam</i></a> (literally, the fruit of knowledge), that held in it the elixir of wisdom. Upon Shiva expressing his intention of dividing the fruit between his two sons, <a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Muruga" class="mw-redirect" title="Muruga">Murugan</a>, the sage counselled against cutting it. He decided to award it to whoever of his two sons first circled the world thrice. Accepting the challenge, Murugan started his journey around the globe on his mount peacock. However, Ganesha, who surmised that the world was no more than his parents Shiva and <a href="/wiki/Shakti" title="Shakti">Shakti</a> combined, circumambulated them".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pleased with their son's discernment, Shiva awarded the fruit to Ganesha. When Murugan returned, he was furious to learn that his efforts had been in vain. He left Kailash and took up his abode in Palani hills in South India. It is believed that Murugan felt the need to get matured from boyhood and hence chose to remain as a hermit and discarded all his robes and ornaments. He went into meditation to know about himself.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Palani and most of <a href="/wiki/Dindigul_district" title="Dindigul district">Dindigul district</a> were part of the <a href="/wiki/Kongu_Nadu" title="Kongu Nadu">Kongu Nadu</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> region of the Tamil country. The northern part of the Palani and <a href="/wiki/Oddanchatram" title="Oddanchatram">Oddanchatram</a> taluks is held to have been part of the Anda Nadu sub-region, whereas the rest of the area constituted the Vaikapuri Nadu. The area was under the influence of the rulers of Coimbatore and Madurai, at various points of time. In the 18th century, <a href="/wiki/Hyder_Ali" title="Hyder Ali">Hyder Ali</a> and his son, <a href="/wiki/Tippu_Sultan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tippu Sultan">Tipu Sultan</a> ruled over the place before being annexed the British after the <a href="/wiki/Third_Anglo-Mysore_War" title="Third Anglo-Mysore War">Third Anglo-Mysore War</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Temples">Temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palani&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Palani_Murugan_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Palani Murugan temple">Palani Murugan temple</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thiru_Avinan_Kudi_Kulandhai_Velappar_Temple.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Thiru_Avinan_Kudi_Kulandhai_Velappar_Temple.jpg/220px-Thiru_Avinan_Kudi_Kulandhai_Velappar_Temple.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Thiru_Avinan_Kudi_Kulandhai_Velappar_Temple.jpg/330px-Thiru_Avinan_Kudi_Kulandhai_Velappar_Temple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Thiru_Avinan_Kudi_Kulandhai_Velappar_Temple.jpg/440px-Thiru_Avinan_Kudi_Kulandhai_Velappar_Temple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="2432" /></a><figcaption>Thiru Avinan Kudi Temple</figcaption></figure> <p>Palani is home to one of the most sacred shrines of the Murugan, as worshiped in the Hindu sect of <i><a href="/wiki/Kaumaram" title="Kaumaram">Kaumaram</a></i>. The Thandayudhapani Temple dedicated to Murugan "Palani Andavar", and regarded one of his <i>Arupadai Veedu</i> (Six Battle Camps), is situated here.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The temple is situated atop a hill known as Sivagiri. The <i>Garbagriham</i> is surmounted by a gold <i>gopuram</i> and the walls of the Garbagriham have numerous stone inscriptions describing offerings made by devotees to the temple. Steps are hewn into the rock, besides a wide path meant for the ascent of elephants, up the hill. In addition, a <a href="/wiki/Winch" title="Winch">winch</a> pulled railway with three tracks and a <a href="/wiki/Cableway" class="mw-redirect" title="Cableway">rope way</a> are operational. A temple is dedicated to Murugan near the foot of the hill by the name of <i>Thiru Avinan kudi</i> which actually forms a part of the six abodes of Murugan (<a href="/wiki/Arupadaiveedu" class="mw-redirect" title="Arupadaiveedu">Arupadaiveedu</a>). It is also called as Kulandai Velayudhaswami Thirukkovil.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Besides this, right at the foot of the Sivagiri is a small shrine dedicated to the god <a href="/wiki/Ganapathi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ganapathi">Ganapathi</a>, where he goes by the name <i>Pada Vinayakar</i>. It is customary amongst the pilgrims to pay their obeisances at this shrine before commencing their ascent of the hill. </p><p>Halfway up the hill, there is the <a href="/wiki/Idumban" title="Idumban">Idumban</a> shrine where every pilgrim is expected to offer obeisance to Idumban before entering the temple of Dandayudhapani. The practice of Pilgrims to Palani bringing their offerings on their shoulders in a <a href="/wiki/Kavadi_Aattam" title="Kavadi Aattam">kavadi</a> is associated with the legend of Idumban. </p><p>Within the town is another temple dedicated to the Goddess <a href="/wiki/Parvathi" class="mw-redirect" title="Parvathi">Parvathi</a> as <i>Periyanayaki Amman</i>. Near the Periya Nayaki Amman temple are two others – the <i>Mariyamman</i> Temple and the <i>Perumal</i> Temple. The former is particularly resorted to in times of epidemics, the goddess there being regarded as the protector against illnesses. </p><p>A short distance from the town is a temple dedicated to Shiva as <i>Periya Avudaiyar</i>. </p><p>The Kannadi Perumal Temple, dedicated to Vishnu, is a small temple situated on a hillock 9 km south of Palani, a short distance from the highway to Kodaikanal. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gopuramgold.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Gopuramgold.JPG/200px-Gopuramgold.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Gopuramgold.JPG/300px-Gopuramgold.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Gopuramgold.JPG/400px-Gopuramgold.JPG 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="942" /></a><figcaption>Gold plated Gopuram</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palani&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Palani_Hills_Wildlife_Sanctuary_and_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Palani Hills Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park">Palani Hills Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park</a></div> <p>The backdrop to the town is formed by an offshoot of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Ghats" title="Western Ghats">Western Ghats</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Palani_Hills" title="Palani Hills">Palani Hills</a>, whereon lies the hill-station of <a href="/wiki/Kodaikanal" title="Kodaikanal">Kodaikanal</a>. The view within the town is dominated by the two hills, Sivagiri and Sakthigiri, on the former of which lies the temple. At the foot of the hills lie several lakes which drain to the Shanmuganathi river, a tributary of the <a href="/wiki/Amaravathi_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Amaravathi River">Amaravathi River</a> (itself a tributary of the <a href="/wiki/Kaveri_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaveri River">Kaveri River</a>), which takes its source on the slopes of the Palani Hills.<br />The nearest towns are <a href="/wiki/Oddanchatram" title="Oddanchatram">Oddanchatram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dharapuram" title="Dharapuram">Dharapuram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Udumalaipettai" title="Udumalaipettai">Udumalaipettai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kodaikanal" title="Kodaikanal">Kodaikanal</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Varadhamanadhi_Dam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Varadhamanadhi_Dam.jpg/220px-Varadhamanadhi_Dam.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Varadhamanadhi_Dam.jpg/330px-Varadhamanadhi_Dam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Varadhamanadhi_Dam.jpg/440px-Varadhamanadhi_Dam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8000" data-file-height="6000" /></a><figcaption>Varadhamanadhi Dam</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palani&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to <a href="/wiki/2011_census_of_India" title="2011 census of India">2011 census</a>, Palani had a population of 292,301 with a sex-ratio of 1,023 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.<sup id="cite_ref-dashboard_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dashboard-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total of 6,467 were under the age of six, constituting 3,283 males and 3,184 females. <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes" title="Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes">Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes</a> accounted for 16.57% and 0.23% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 78.95%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.<sup id="cite_ref-dashboard_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dashboard-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town had a total of 19,015 households. There were a total of 27,150 workers, comprising 372 cultivators, 1,277 main agricultural labourers, 763 in house hold industries, 23,478 other workers, 1,260 marginal workers, 40 marginal cultivators, 68 marginal agricultural labourers, 107 marginal workers in household industries and 1,045 other marginal workers.<sup id="cite_ref-2011census_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As per the religious census of 2011, Palani had 90.58% <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a>, 7.63% <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a>, 1.44% <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a>, 0.01% <a href="/wiki/Sikhs" title="Sikhs">Sikhs</a>, 0.01% <a href="/wiki/Buddhists" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhists">Buddhists</a>, 0.42% following other religions and 0.02% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.<sup id="cite_ref-religion2011_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion2011-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="notheme barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religious census</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Religion</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent(%)</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindu</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Orange; width:90.58%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">90.58%</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Muslim</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Green; width:7.63%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">7.63%</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:purple; width:1.44%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.44%</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:grey; width:0.46%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.46%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palani&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roadway">Roadway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palani&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Roadway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palani_Bus_Stand.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Palani_Bus_Stand.jpg/220px-Palani_Bus_Stand.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Palani_Bus_Stand.jpg/330px-Palani_Bus_Stand.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Palani_Bus_Stand.jpg/440px-Palani_Bus_Stand.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1440" /></a><figcaption><b>Image of V.O.C Central Bus Stand, Palani</b></figcaption></figure> <p>National Highway <a href="/wiki/NH_83" class="mw-redirect" title="NH 83">NH 83</a> connects <a href="/wiki/Coimbatore" title="Coimbatore">Coimbatore</a> to <a href="/wiki/Nagapattinam" title="Nagapattinam">Nagapattinam</a> via Palani <a href="/wiki/Tiruchirappalli" title="Tiruchirappalli">Tiruchirappalli</a> <a href="/wiki/Thanjavur" title="Thanjavur">Thanjavur</a>. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Limited <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_State_Transport_Corporation" title="Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation">TNSTC</a> buses connect the town to other parts of the state. <a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Road_Transport_Corporation" title="Kerala State Road Transport Corporation">KSRTC</a> buses connecting places like <a href="/wiki/Kottayam" title="Kottayam">Kottayam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guruvayur" title="Guruvayur">Guruvayur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ernakulam" title="Ernakulam">Ernakulam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thrissur" title="Thrissur">Thrissur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palakkad" title="Palakkad">Palakkad</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kottarakara" class="mw-redirect" title="Kottarakara">kottarakara</a> are available at particular interval of time from Palani bus stand. 24 hours buses are available on all three main roads (via <a href="/wiki/Dharapuram" title="Dharapuram">Dharapuram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oddanchatram" title="Oddanchatram">Oddanchatram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Udumalaipettai" title="Udumalaipettai">Udumalaipettai</a>) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railway">Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palani&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Palani_railway_station" title="Palani railway station">Palani railway station</a></div> <p>Station Code :PLNI, Palani is a part of the <a href="/wiki/Coimbatore" title="Coimbatore">Coimbatore</a>-<a href="/wiki/Rameswaram" title="Rameswaram">Rameswaram</a> BG line prior to the commencing of gauge conversion. On 20 November 2012, the Dindigul-Palani section of the line was completed, and the <a href="/wiki/Palani_railway_station" title="Palani railway station">local railway station</a> opened to railway traffic again. Currently there are passenger trains are crossing from <a href="/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thiruchendur" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiruchendur">Thiruchendur</a> to <a href="/wiki/Coimbatore" title="Coimbatore">Coimbatore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palakkad" title="Palakkad">Palakkad</a>. And a daily <a href="/wiki/Palani_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="Palani Express">express train</a> available between Palani to <a href="/wiki/Chennai_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Chennai Central">Chennai</a>. Recently Amritha express running from Madurai – Thiruvananthapuram via <a href="/wiki/Dindigul" title="Dindigul">Dindigul</a>, Palani, <a href="/wiki/Pollachi" title="Pollachi">Pollachi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palakkad" title="Palakkad">Palakkad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thrissur" title="Thrissur">Thrissur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ernakulam" title="Ernakulam">Ernakulam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kottayam" title="Kottayam">Kottayam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airway">Airway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palani&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Airway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The nearest major airports are <a href="/wiki/Coimbatore_International_Airport" title="Coimbatore International Airport">Coimbatore International Airport</a> located 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Palani and <a href="/wiki/Madurai_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Madurai International Airport">Madurai International Airport</a> located at 130 kilometres (81 mi) from Palani. 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