Amid a wooded hill near Madurai in Tamil Nadu, Pazhamudircholai is the sixth and last of the Arupadai Veedu — the six abodes of Lord Murugan named in the Thirumurugatruppadai — and the most sylvan, set within a grove rich with fruit and fed by the sacred Nupura Ganga spring. Here Murugan is worshipped together with both his consorts, Valli and Deivanai.
The hill is woven with the beloved tale of the poet-saint Avvaiyar, to whom Murugan, disguised as a cowherd boy, posed a playful riddle about roasted and unroasted fruit — gently humbling the great poet's pride and revealing his divine wisdom. Lush and serene, Pazhamudircholai completes the sacred circuit of the six abodes, drawing pilgrims who seek the Lord amid the beauty of the forest hill.
