Sivan malai means Siva's mountain.
Indians have this this habit of "finding" gods in difficult to reach places. But there is an advantage. Most places are picturesque and, frequently, on top of mountains.
Sivan malai is about 40 kms from Erode and situated on a reasonably tall mountain. The whole mountain was covered with beautiful acacia trees (I think it is right. The thorny trees had an umbrella like foliage). There were a number of peacocks on this mountain. A blessing in disguise having temples on mountains - most of the natural surroundings are generally left alone.
On top of the mountain, the monsoon winds were howling and the feeling of nice moist, cold and high speed winds on me was great.
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"Indians have this this habit of "finding" gods in difficult to reach places."- there are various reasons for this in my opinion anyways...
1. The hill/mountain is the closest bit of land to the sky which is the embodiment of the supreme soul...
2. The hill/mountain is the ultimate representation of the lingam/phallus (you know, the male gonads) which we as Hindus worship- classic ex. being Shivan.
3. The struggle to reach the top to the shrine represents the natural progression of one's soul towards the ultimate. Life is full of struggles which you conquer to reach moksha/nirvana- represented by the entrance of the shrine. By entering the kovil thru the heavenly gates absolves your sins and makes you pure enough to join the great being...
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