Uthiyur Hills

The famous mythology about the Uthiyur hills is based on Hindu epic Ramayana. During the great Ramayana war between Rama and Ravana in Ceylon, Rama's brother Lakshmana was struck by an arrow sent by Indrajit and he almost died. So to cure him, Jambavan asked Hanuman to get a Sanjeevani herb from the Himalayan Range between Taurus and 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 he suddenly had the idea to lift the whole mountain and take it to Jambavan, and he did. When he flew the entire length of India from the Himalayas to Sri Lanka a few parts of the mountain fell in several places along the length. One of them was in Kongu region named as Poṉṉūthi malai. As soon as Hanuman left, Jambavan took the Sanjeevani herb from the hill and gave its juice to the entire battalion and saved everyone's life.[10][11][12]

The hill, to this day, contains all the medicinal plants including Sanjeevani herb.[13][14][15][16]

Due to presence of many medicinal plants it is called as Sanjeevi Hill of South.[17]

There are many temples across the wide Uthiyur hills maintained by Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of Government of Tamil Nadu. Few important ones are Uthanda Velayudhasamy Temple, Chetti Thambiran Siddhar Temple and Uchi Pilayar Temple.[18]

Located here is the shrine of Lord Murugan, the holy place where classical Tamil poet Arunagirinathar sung Thiruppugazh(106). Ancient symbols and sculptures are found on this hill depicting the culture of the Hindus and Tamils.[19]