Musiri is one of the most elegant towns, which can be ideal for tourists, as they need not spend much money from their wallet but could, furnish not just rich experience of its renowned temples but also grace of the nature, bestowed in form of river Cauvery.
Thiruengomalai Arilmighu Maragadeshwar a beautiful temple found just five kilometres from the town in hillock by name Maragadhamalai in Trichy – Namakkal road is one of the most important landmarks in Musiri, which hoards a beautifull transparent Maragadha Lingham. Iyer Malai on this temple opposite bank also makes for a compulsory viewing.
Vishnu Temple at Thiru Narayanapuram found in the leeway leading form Musiri to Salem is another important temple with ,Shyambu Veda Narayanar in lying posture with ten heads is an elixir to watch and also one must not miss another Vishnu temple nearby this, which is located near Thootiyam in Thiru kattuputhur is also a three hundred year old Vishnu temple, located on same highway.
River Cauvery is at its gracious best in the Musiri, where river flowing across from Musiri to Kulithalai is as long as one kilometre and owing to this it is also termed as Agandha Cauvery. So one should never fail to visit and take a dip on the beauty personified river here.
Another important landmark in Musiri is a long and elegant river bridge built across river Cauvery, which is the largest river bridge in Tamil Nadu, so don’t ever forget to take your cameras, to click a snap of those precious landmarks.
As one know Musiri is a agricultural town, where Banana and beetle fields make for a lush green viewing, which is very inherent to the place and makes for a beautiful viewing.
Other temples like Kurungunathar temple in Srinivasanallur and Shiva temple in Shivalayam are the other temples which are renowned for their rich architecture and heritage. Musiri also houses beautiful churches and mosques, which are parallel beuatiful, which epitomizes the religious unity among the people
Mode of travel:
All beautiful embodiments of Musiri ranging from its ancestral temples to river Cauvery are located across various placed in and around Musiri. So, Car can be ideal mode of transport, but for those who can’ afford it, there are plenty of various other options in form of Mini – buses, city buses, Auto Rickshwas and share Autos,so there is nothing much to think about it, other than hiring a suitable mode of transport (bus, car or train) to soak into elegance of Musiri, as quickly as possible.