Annamalaiyar Temple | Thiruvannamalai Temple

Thiruvannamalai is about 100km south of Kanchipuram and 185 km from Chennai. If you are travelling from Chennai, drive towards Bangalore on the Chengham streetroad. Once you reach Yogi Ramsuratkumar ashram, travel another 8 kms and then take a right turn. This is just past the Krishnagiri 101 milepost and there is a signal to Anantha Niketan and another signal saying Pariyapaliyapattu 3kms. Travel along this road to come to Thiruvannamalai.

The closest Airport from Thiruvannamalai is Chennai which is at a distance of 182 kms. Tiruvannamalai can be reached by taking a cab or a bus from Chennai. It is a 5 hour drive from Chennai. The village furthermore has a helipad so as to enable devotees to come to it from Chennai and other cities.

The railway station in Thiruvannamalai is about half a km from the Thiruvannamalai temple. The Thiruvannamalai railway station lies between Madurai and Tirupati, and there are every day trains from each of these stations to Thiruvannamalai. The Madurai-Tirupati Exp 6800 departs from Thiruvannamalai station every day at (10.55 pm, 6 hr) from Madurai towards Tirupati. The Tirupati-Madurai Exp #6799 go away from Thiruvannamalai around (9.25 pm, 13 hr) by Chidambaram, Thanjavur, and Trichy to Madurai.

Thiruvannamalai village is well connected and plenty of Tamil Nadu state transport corporation buses ply to this place. Normal and Super Fast buses are available from Thiruvannamalai to Madurai, Tirupathi and Chennai.