Belukurichi is a small village located in Namakkal district

Namakkal District

Namakkal District is an administrative district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The district was bifurcated from Salem District with Namakkal town as Head Quarters on 25-07-1996 and started to function independently from 01-01-1997...

 in the southern state of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

, India

India

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. The village is right bellow Kolli Hills

Kolli Hills

Kolli Hills or Kolli Malai is a small mountain range located in central Tamil Nadu in Namakkal district of India. The mountains are about 1000 to 1300 m in height and cover an area of approximately 280 km². The Kolli Hills has 72 hair pin bends to reach the top of the hills...

. The name Belukurichi has its root from 'Velavan Kurunji', meaning the land and hills that belong to Velavan [ Murugan

Murugan

Murugan also called Kartikeya, Skanda and Subrahmanya, is a popular Hindu deity especially among Tamil Hindus, worshipped primarily in areas with Tamil influences, especially South India, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Mauritius and Reunion Island. His six most important shrines in India are the...

 ] known as Palaniyappar.

Population and Occupation

• The village has a population of about 15,000.
• The main occupation of the village is agriculture.
• it has number of schools around it.

Public Facilities

• The village has a public high school and a private school
• Public health center[Government Hospital].
• Police Station.
• BSNL exchange.
• post office.
• Indian postal Index code is [PIN] is 637402.
• STD code 04286.
• Modern speciality siddha clinic.
• Petrol Bunk
• Banks[KVB,PALLAVAN GRAMA BANK,cooperative].

Lord Murugan married Valli

This place has a beautiful temple known as Palaniyappar Temple.
This is the place where Lord Muruga disguised himself as a handsome hunter youth to lure and marry Valli

Valli

Valli is a Goddess and the divine consort of the prominent Hindu God Murugan, according to Hindu mythology. She represents the "Ichha Shakti" , and Goddess Deivayanai depicts "Kriya Shakthi" , and the Vel embodies "Gnana Shakthi" .Valli in Tamil language means a creeper and is also used as a title...

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This temple has got a historical significance, where several kings have visited.

Avvaiyar, Valvil Ori, Lord Murugan

It is also said that the Tamil saint poetess, Avvaiyar

Avvaiyar

The Avvaiyars "respectable women" was the title of more than one poet who was active during different periods of Tamil literature. The Avvaiyar were some of the most famous and important female poets of the Tamil canon. Abithana Chintamani states that there were three female poets titled...

 whenever visited her friend, Valvil Ori

Ori

Ori may refer to:* Ori , a fictional evil godlike group of beings on the Stargate SG-1 television program* A standard astronomical abbreviation for Orion * Ori , the origin of replication signal for DNA replication...

, the then chieftain of the Kolli

Kolli

Kolli may refer to :* Kolli Hills, is a small mountain range located in central Tamil Nadu.* Kolli Pratyagatma, better known as Kotayya Pratyagatma...

 hills, never left the region without offering her prayers to this Lord Muruga.

Speciality of the Idol of Lord Murugan

• The idol of Lord Muruga in this temple is swayambu or said to have formed by its own.
• The Lord is found with his hair knotted atop his head and looks like a hunter.
• This idol has got a unique feature wherein Lord Muruga holds a rooster (Cheval) in his left hand though resting on his hip.
• In his right hand he holds the 'vel
  Vel
  The Vel is the divine javelin/spear of the Hindu Deity Murugan.The spear used by ancient Tamils in warfare is also commonly known by this name.-Vel in Hindu Mythology:...
  
  ' or the sacred spear.
• He has also got a pichuva katthi (a hunter's dagger) in his waist band.
• This kind of a Muruga statue or idol holding a rooste is nowhere to be found in the world except this temple.
• The Lord is also depicted as wearing sandals in his feet which is another unique feature.

Belukurichi --- Famous for

Belukurichi is also famous for Indian spices like mustard,pulses,turmeric,garlic etc. People from all over South India throng this small village every year (from February to May - All Saturdays) to buy such spices afresh and cheap market items.