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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
| native_name                     = ஊதியூர்
| postal_code_type                = [[Postal Index Number|Postal Code]]
| demographics2_title1            = Minority
| timezone1                       = [[Indian Standard Time]]
| demographics1_info1             = [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Indian English|English]]
| nickname                        = Ponnuthi Malai
| demographics1_title1            = Official
| demographics_type1              = Languages
| named_for                       = Ponnuthi Hills, Velayudha Samy Temple, Konguna Sidhar caves
| other_name                      = Ūthiyūr
| area_code                       = 04257, 04258
| population_demonym              = Uthiyurian
| coordinates                     = {{coord|10|53|55|N|77|31|41|E}}
| official_name                   = Uthiyur
| subdivision_type1               = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| settlement_type                 = Historical Town
| image_seal                      = 
| image_skyline                   = {{Photomontage
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 |total_width=300
 |perrow=1/2
| photo1a =  Uthiyur temple.jpg
| photo2a =  Uthiyur hills temple.jpg
| photo2b =  Uthiyur hills.jpg
| spacing = 1
| color_border = white
| color = white
| size = 300
}}
(contracted; show full)05-15}}</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>
[[File:Uthiyur_temple.jpg|alt=A temple in the Uthiyur hills|thumb|298x298px|Uthiyur hills temple]]

=== Uthanda Velayudha Samy Temple ===
Uthanda Velayudasamy Temple is the main shrine in the town built in Dravidian architecture dedicated to [[Murugan|Lord Murugan]] in hills. It attracts thousands of visitors across the district.<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><ref>{{Cite web|title=Uthanda Velayutha Swami Temple (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}}