The Thirumayam Fort is a 40-acre wide fortress in the town of Thirumayam in Pudukkottai-Karaikudi Highway in Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu, India. It was constructed by Vijaya Raghunatha Sethupathi, the Raja of Ramnad in 1687. Later the fort was handed over to his brother in law Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman. The fort has been extensively renovated by Archaeological Survey of India in 2012
The fortress is of great historical significance and was an important stronghold of rebel chieftains in the Polygar (Palaiyakkarar)Wars. Oomathurai (ஊமைத்துரை)
younger brother of Veerapandiya Kattabomman was captured in this fort. The fort is locally known as Oomayan Kottai(fort of the dumb) The fort is maintained and administered by the Archaeological Survey of India as a ticketed monument .
On the southern slope there are two rock cut temples, one of them dedicated to Sri Sathyamurthy-Sri Uyyavanda Nachiar (Vaishnavite) and another to Sri Sathyagireeswarar-Sri Venuvaneeswari (Saivite), Which are historically and religiously more important.

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Thirumayam Fort, Pudukkottai
Sethupati Vijaya Raghunatha Thevan (1673-1708) of Ramanathapuram, popularly known as Kilavan Sethupati, built this fortification on and around the small hillock at Tirumayam in Pudukkottai district. The fort later came under the control of Tondaiman rulers of Pudukkottai. It has a main gateway on the east in the lowermost wall with shrines for guardian deities like Ganesa, Hanuman and Bhairava. There is a moat around the lower wall. On the top of the rock is bastion with cannon of British origin. The construction of the fort is of inferior quality as small blocks of stones were used along with bricks for the crenulations of the fortification. However, on the other side of the rock are located three rock-cut temples, two of them dedicated to Siva and the third to Vishnu, which are historically and religiously more important.

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The Thirumayam Fort is a 40-acre wide fortress in the town of Thirumayam in Pudukkottai-Karaikudi Highway in Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu, India. It was constructed by Vijaya Raghunatha Sethupathi, the Raja of Ramnad in 1687. Later the fort was handed over to his brother in law Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman. The fort has been extensively renovated by Archaeological Survey of India in 2012.
திருமயம் மலைக்கோட்டை 1676 ஆம் வருடம் இராமநாதபுரம் சேதுபதி மன்னர் (மறவ மன்னர்கள் தங்களை சேதுபதி என்றழைத்துக் கொண்டனர்) விஜயரகுநாத சேதுபதி என்னும் கிழவன் சேதுபதியின் (கிபி 1671–1710) காலத்தில் கட்டப்பட்டது. இன்றும் இக்கோட்டை ஒரு வரலாற்றுச் சின்னமாக இந்திய அரசின் தொல்லியல் துறையால் பாதுகாக்கப்படுகின்றது.
ஒரு உயர்ந்த குன்றின் உச்சியில் இயற்கை அரண்களுடனும் கலை நேர்த்தியுடனும் அமைந்துள்ள திருமயம் மலைக்கோட்டையின் உள்கோட்டையைச் சுற்றி உயரமான மதிற்சுவர்கள் கட்டப்பட்டுள்ளன. இன்றும் இந்தச் சுற்று மதில்கள் கட்டுக் கோப்பாகத் திகழ்கின்றன
இங்கு சிவனுக்கும் திருமாலுக்கும் குடைவரை கோயில்கள் உண்டு
இவ்வூரில் இந்திய விடுதலை வீரரும், பின்னாள் காங்கிரசில் தலைவராயும் இருந்த திரு சத்தியமூர்த்தி அவர்கள் 1887ல் பிறந்தார்.
'திருமயம்' என்ற சொல் 'திருமெய்யம்' என்ற பெயரில் இருந்து வந்தது

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The Thirumayam Fort is a 40-acre wide fortress in the town of Thirumayam in Pudukkottai-Karaikudi Highway in Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu, India. It was constructed by Vijaya Raghunatha Sethupathi, the Raja of Ramnad in 1687. Later the fort was handed over to his brother in law Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman. The fort has been extensively renovated by Archaeological Survey of India in 2012
The fortress is of great historical significance and was an important stronghold of rebel chieftains in the Polygar (Palaiyakkarar)Wars. Oomathurai (ஊமைத்துரை)
younger brother of Veerapandiya Kattabomman was captured in this fort. The fort is locally known as Oomayan Kottai(fort of the dumb) The fort is maintained and administered by the Archaeological Survey of India as a ticketed monument .
On the southern slope there are two rock cut temples, one of them dedicated to Sri Sathyamurthy-Sri Uyyavanda Nachiar (Vaishnavite) and another to Sri Sathyagireeswarar-Sri Venuvaneeswari (Saivite), Which are historically and religiously more important.

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The Thirumayam Fort is a 40-acre wide fortress in the town of Thirumayam in Pudukkottai-Karaikudi Highway in Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu, India. It was constructed by Vijaya Raghunatha Sethupathi, the Raja of Ramnad in 1687. Later the fort was handed over to his brother in law Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman. The fort has been extensively renovated by Archaeological Survey of India in 2012
The fortress is of great historical significance and was an important stronghold of rebel chieftains in the Polygar (Palaiyakkarar)Wars. Oomathurai (ஊமைத்துரை)
younger brother of Veerapandiya Kattabomman was captured in this fort. The fort is locally known as Oomayan Kottai(fort of the dumb) The fort is maintained and administered by the Archaeological Survey of India as a ticketed monument .
On the southern slope there are two rock cut temples, one of them dedicated to Sri Sathyamurthy-Sri Uyyavanda Nachiar (Vaishnavite) and another to Sri Sathyagireeswarar-Sri Venuvaneeswari (Saivite), Which are historically and religiously more important.

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