About Temples In Tiruvannamalai :
It is one of the important pilgrimage center of Tamil Nadu.Though Hindus seek god in the form of idol, it is also their strong belief that god can be worship in the form of light or Flame. The Karthigai Deepam festival when the big flame is lit atop the Thiruvannamalai hills draw a huge crowd and devotees. The Sculptures in the pillars and the idol lingam are very huge and enticing that tey make one wonder at the renowned. A large number of foreign as well as domestic tourists and aspirant for spiritual solace and solitude congregate here. Thiruvannamalai has become an international center of study in spiritualism.The temple town of Tiruvannamalai, 85kms south of Vellore, is an important Shaivite town.Of the 100 or more temples, the most outstanding is the Siva - Parvathi Temple of Arunachaleswar, which is said to be the largest in India. The main gopuram is 66m and 13 storeys high, and there is a 1000-pillared hall.

Arunachaleshwar Temple :
The temple of Lord Annamalai and Goddess Unnamalai in Tiruvannamalai (in Tiruvannamalai Sambuvarayar district) enshrines Lord Siva in His Form of fire, one of the five elements. Situated at the foot of a range of hills and extending over some 9.7 hectares of ground, this impressive temple is associated with the popular spectacle of the Kartigai bonfire when, on Kartigai day in December or January, a huge fire is lift up, visible for kilometers around.