Thiruvannamalai is one of the distinguished pilgrimage and spiritual centre of India drawing crowd in multitudes all through the year. It is one among the Pancha Bhootha Sthalam (5 element temples) of Lord Shiva representing 'fire'. It is also here where Lord Shiva arose as a column of fire to destroy the ego of Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma. The Column of fire is said to have become a mount called 'Annamalai' with an added prefix of reverence 'Thiru' to make it 'Thiruvannamalai'. The huge Arunchaleshwara temple is a stupendous representation of the marvelous South Indian architecture. Ramanashram, Yogi Ramsuratkumar ashram, Sheshadri Swami Ashram are some of the places that are worth visiting.