Salem is depreciated place in the state of Tamil Nadu. Its located 342 km from Chennai, the small city is often unnoticed by most of the peoples. Peoples are do drive through this place to other specific holidays gateways and they didn’t even think of stopping over to this fantastic and quaint city of serenity. Now I list the top places to visit in salem with one way drop taxi.
One way drop taxi used to visit top place are listed below in salem:
1.Visit 1008 Lingam Temple
Mainly a devotee of lord shiva will be conscious of this temple in Salem. This temple is among the best tourist places in Tamil Nadu of South India and is dedicated to Lord Shiva. There are 1008 Lingas combined in this temple in Salem. One huge Lingas has around 1007 small Lingas. The huge Linga is Nandi. You will feel as if you have arrived heaven when you walk in to the temple.
If you enter the main temple you can see the huge statue of the main deity. You will be left dazed after looking at the beauty of statue and won’t be able to move for a while. The temple has not beautiful inside only, but the surrounding of the temple is very beautiful. It has Sabkagiri Mountains at the back of it and it makes the entire surrounding more beautiful.
Location: Srinagar – Kanyakumari highway
Timing: morning 8 am to 12 pm, evening 4 pm to 8 pm.
2.Oothumalai hill
Oothumalai hill is known for starting point of a lot of temples. Excepting that the place is known for the quiet and peacefulness that it give to you. It is for the reason that the location of these many temples together at just one place that the devotees and devote person get attracted to this place.
The famous Balasubramanian temple is located here only. The temple is very popular in Tamil Nadu and it has very unique statue of the lord here. Excepting that, a shiva temple is also there on the hill and it is also very popular in this place.
Location: Seelanaikenpatti Bypass road
Timings: 24 hours
3.Visit Kurumbapatti Zoological park
If you are a true wildlife lover, this is correct place for you to visit and enjoy the sight with our one way taxi. The main attraction in the kinds of birds are the colorful cranes and white peacock.
The whole property is spread in an area of 11.5 hectares. The controller keep on adding different species to the park. There are different enclosures for different species and animal classification.
Location: Kunumbalpatti R.F, Salem.
Timing: 9 am to 5 pm.
4.Government museum
The foremost thing that we want to notice this museum is that if you are visiting this place, then you will get to see a lot of things related to historical things to this place. You can often see a lot of school children coming here on one day trips.
If you are anthropology and history enthusiast, then visit this place for you to collect more information to improve your knowledge. You won’t just find good history things here, but also a lot of geological, zoological and archeological things over here.
Location: No.2, balaji nagar layout, sarada college road
Timings: 6 am to 8 pm
5.Visit Sankagiri fort
Sankagiri fort is located few miles away from main city of Salem, and it is one of the best historical places to see in Salem. This ancient for is located on the sankari hills at an elevation of about 40 ft above sea level.
Consisting the 10 compound walls, 6 platforms, 5 temple complexes, 2 mosques, this fort is among the most famous Salem tourist places for you explore.
Location: VN palayam, Sankari, Salem.
Timing: 8.30 am to 5.30 pm
6.Have a picnic to Kiliyur Falls
The beautiful kiliyur falls happens to be one of the most delightful tourist place in Salem that are located only 3 km away from the main city. Waterfall from a height 300 ft into a large pool below, this waterfall is among the most cheerful and soothing attractions in the city. This waterfalls is trucked in the servaroyan hill range of Eastern Ghats in Tamil Nadu.
Location: Kiliyur road, Pattipadi
Timings: 6 am – 6 pm
7.Sugavaneswarar temple
The sugavaneswarar temple is a popular murugan temple in Tamil Nadu and it is one of the richest holy destinations in Salem. This temple is famous for its impressive architecture and design which attract in pilgrims and wanderers from far and wide, build by mamannan sundara pondiyan in the 13th century AD.
It is accept that saga sugha brahmarishi had once worshipped and performed penance at this very sanctum.
Location: Salem, Chennai district.
Timings: 6 am – 10 pm
8.Get ready for fun to Paravasa ulagam
This is an adventurous theme park which is situated close to the national highways no. 7, which is located at a distance of approximately 16 km from Salem. This is one of the exciting tourist places in Salem to resting amidst the cold and hilly region.
This place is known for offering activities like Science Park, waterfalls, video games, and water games.
Location: Salem to namakkal highway, NH – 7, KK valasu, mallur.
Timings: 10 am – 6 pm
9.Kottai mariamman temple
This kottai mariamman temple is another reverenced temple of Salem in south India and it is one of the stalest holy tourist places in Salem to visit more people in holy festival time. This mariamman temple is located in the heart of the city on the banks of river thirumanimuthar, this ancient temple is a pilgrimage site for the people of Tamil Nadu. Goddess kottai mariamman is the govern deity of this temple.
Other than that, its most popular feature is its week-long shevapet mariamman temple car festival held once every year at the temple proposition between July and August.
Location: Salem, near Thirumanimuthar River.
Timings: am – 7 pm.
10.Go boating in Mookaneri lake
This is one of the most attractive lakks that one can find in Tamil Nadu. The city Salem is blessed for the home to such an attractive water body. This lake is spread in an area of 58 acres. It was earlier spread in 39 hectares, but a lot of money was spent on it in the year 2012 for reconstruction. This picaresque location is the home of a collection of birds and flora.
Location: kannankurichi main road, kannankurichi
Timings: 24 hours
