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Uthiyur
{{Short description|Historical Town in Tamil Nadu, India}}{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Uthiyur
| demographics2_info1             = [[Hindi]], [[Malayalam]]
| government_type                 = [[Town panchayat]]
| pushpin_map                     = India
| elevation_m                     = 305
| map_caption                     = Uthiyur, [[Tiruppur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| native_name_lang                = ta
(contracted; show full)| subdivision_name2               = Kongu Nadu
| subdivision_type3               = District
| subdivision_name3               = [[Tiruppur district|Tiruppur]]
| subdivision_type4               = Taluk
| subdivision_name4               = Kangeyam
| population_total                = 3500
| utc_offset                      = +5.30
}}
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'''Uthiyur''' ({{Lang-ta|ஊதியூர்|links=yes|translit=Ūthiyūr}}) is a small town in [[Kangeyam T]] taluk of [[Tiruppur district]] in south Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Uthiyur|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Uthiyur,+Tamil+Nadu+638703/@10.8970497,77.5260504,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3ba9bd2551770233:0xdf079bcf77b8df87!8m2!3d10.8927873!4d77.5278741?shorturl=1|access-date=2021-04-30|website=Uthiyur|language=en}}</ref> The town is l⏎
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Located in foothills of ''Ponuuṉṉūthi hills.,'' Tthis town is famous for its VelayudhaSwamiserves as a tourist attraction for its Millennium-old ''Uttaṇṭa Vēlāyudha Sāmy'' Temple<ref>{{Cite web|title=Uthanda Velayutha Swami Temple : Uthanda Velayutha Swami Temple Details {{!}} Uthanda Velayutha Swami- Uthiyur {{!}} Tamil Nadu Temple {{!}} உத்தண்ட வேலாயுத சுவாமி|url=https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=1547|access-date=2021-05-14|website=temple.dinamalar.com}}</ref> and abode of ''Konṅgunṉa Sitsiddhar''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pon Uthiyur Hills & Konganar Siddhar Samadhi (Karur - Tamil Nadu)|url=https://travel.bhushavali.com/2010/05/uthiyur-hills-aka-pon-uthiyur-konganar.html|access-date=2021-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Konganar Chithar Temple · Kangayam - Dharapuram Rd, Uthiyur, Tamil Nadu 638703, India|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Konganar+Chithar+Temple/@10.8970497,77.5260504,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3ba9bd7b3bd6df63:0x11c7bb0fa25ed3d4!8m2!3d10.8969781!4d77.5283664?shorturl=1|access-date=2021-08-01|website=Konganar Chithar Temple · Kangayam - Dharapuram Rd, Uthiyur, Tamil Nadu 638703, India|language=en}}</ref> It is one of the famous [[Murugan]] temples in [[Kongu regionNadu]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-21|title=கொங்கு மண்டலத்தில் மட்டும் எப்படி இத்தனை முருகன் கோவில்கள்|url=https://tamilminutes.com/spirituality/murugan-temple-kongu-areas/cid1255306.htm|access-date=2021-08-23|website=tamilminutes.com}}</ref> The town is located in [[State hHighway 83A (Tamil Nadu)]] which connects Erode and Palani. It is 14&nbsp;km away from [[Kangeyam]], 18&nbsp;km away from [[Dharapuram]], 24  &nbsp;km from Vellakoil, 38&nbsp;km from its district headquarter [[Tiruppur]] and 60&nbsp;km from [[Erode]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Uthiyur Malai/ஊதியூர் மலை இன்று ஒரு பயணம்|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3BwPPnF42c|language=en|access-date=2021-05-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Uthiyur, Tiruppur {{!}} Village {{!}} GeoIQ|url=https://geoiq.io/places/Uthiyur/WtaQZ1Hw2q|access-date=2021-07-19|website=geoiq.io}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CY(contracted; show full)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Uthiyur Velayudhaswamy Murugan Temple|url=https://epuja.co.in/product-details.php?puja_id=726&page=Uthiyur-Velayudhaswamy-Murugan-Temple|access-date=2021-07-24|website=ePuja|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KzTwCgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT136&dq=Uthiyur&hl=en|title=Professor’s Diary|last=Subramonian|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-93-5206-518-9|language=en}}</ref>

== 
History and mMythology ==
During the great [[Ramayana]] war between [[Rama]] and [[Ravana]] in [[Ceylon]], Rama's brother Lakshmanan was struck by an arrow sent by [[Ravana]] and he almost died. So to cure him, Jambavan asked [[Hanuman]] to get a Sanjeeveni herb from the Himalayan range between Taurus and [[Mount Kailash|Kailash]] peaks and Hanuman followed it. But he could not find the herb in the particular place on the mountain between the 2 peaks. So frustrated he felt like breaking the mountain into pieces. But(contracted; show full) Vedas|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Page 374 - hindustantimes.com- Read all stories from hindustantimes.com|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2021-08-05|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KzTwCgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT135&dq=ramayana+uthiyur&hl=en|title=Professor’s Diary|last=Subramonian|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-93-5206-518-9|language=en}}</ref>

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Due to presence of many medicinal plants it is called as '''Sanjeevi Hill of South.'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pon Uthiyur Hills & Konganar Siddhar Samadhi (Karur - Tamil Nadu)|url=https://travel.bhushavali.com/2010/05/uthiyur-hills-aka-pon-uthiyur-konganar.html|access-date=2021-08-01}}</ref>

== History ==
Uthiyur was in Dharapuram Tehsil of [[Coimbatore district]] of [[Madras Presidency]] during British rule.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p7oQAAAAIAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Uthiyur&q=Uthiyur&hl=en|title=Minutes of Several Conversations at the ... Yearly Conference of the People Called Methodists ...|date=1897|language=en}}</ref>

== Geography ==
Uthiyur is located in [https://www.google.com/maps/search/10%C2%B053%E2%80%B255%E2%80%B3N+77%C2%B031%E2%80%B241%E2%80%B3E 10°53′55"N 77°31′41"E] at an average elevation of 305&nbsp;m (1000&nbsp;ft). The town has a semi fort by using 3 side hills as a wall and other side built with large stones as like wall.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Uthiyur Hills|url=http://wikimapia.org/444712/Uthiyur-Hills|access-date=2021-07-19|website=wikimapia.org|language=en}}</ref>

=== Climate ===
In Uthiyur, the wet season is oppressive and overcast, the dry season is humid and partly cloudy, and it is hot year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 70&nbsp;°F to 98&nbsp;°F and is rarely below 65&nbsp;°F or above 103&nbsp;°F.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Weather in Uthiyur, Tamil Nadu - Accuweather|url=https://www.accuweather.com/en/in/uthiyur/2808548/weather-forecast/2808548|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Uthiyur_temple.jpg|alt=A temple in the Uthiyur hills|thumb|298x298px|Uthiyur hills temple]]

== Famous temples ==
There are many [[Hindu temple|temples]] across the wide Uthiyur hills maintained by Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Department of Government of Tamil Nadu. Few important ones are Uthanda Velayudhasamy Temple, Chetti Thambiran Temple and Uchi Pilayar Temple. There are electricity, drinking water and roads with bilingual sign boards facilities for temples in the hills.<ref>(contracted; show full)* [[Tiruppur]], meteropolis in Tamil Nadu, India

== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Tiruppur District]]
[[Category:Temples in India]]
[[Category:Hindu temples]]
{{Adjacent communities|Centre=Uthiyur|North=[[Kangeyam]]|Northeast=Vellakoil|East=Lakunanichenpatty|Southeast=Mulanur|South=[[Dharapuram]]|Southwest=Kundadam|West=Vanjipalayam|Northwest=Koduvai}}