Muthumalai Murugan Temple

The Muthumalai Murugan Temple was conceived and built by Sri N. Sridhar, chairman of the Sri Muthumalai Murugan Trust, a businessman from Attur, Salem. His inspiration stemmed from a desire to create a Murugan temple similar to the famous Batu Caves Murugan Temple in Malaysia for local devotees who could not travel to Malaysia. The construction of the 146-foot (44.5 meters) statue, claimed to be the world's tallest Murugan statue, took six years and involved over 25,000 laborers.

The same sculptor, Tiruvarur Thyagarajan, who sculpted the Murugan statue in Batu Caves in 2006, was entrusted with creating this colossal statue. The temple was consecrated on April 6, 2022, and subsequently opened to the public.

It is managed by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, Tamil Nadu. According to some legends, the site gained spiritual significance even before the temple's construction, as a sage named Muthu meditated here, and Lord Murugan appeared before him, inspiring the temple's name.