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{{Infobox settlement
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Sivaganga district]]
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'''Piranmalai''' is a village located in [[Singampunari]] Taluk in [[Sivaganga]] district, [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |author= |date=2011 |title=Basic Population Figures of India, States, Districts, Sub-District and Village, 2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42554/download/46180/2011-IndiaStateDistSbDistVill-0000.xlsx |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |access-date=May 17, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711042331/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42554/download/46180/2011-IndiaStateDistSbDistVill-0000.xlsx |archive-date=2022-07-11}}</ref> The nearest town is [[Singampunari]] located {{convert|7|km|mi|sp=us}} away.

Piranmalai is a fortified hill at an elevation of over {{convert|2,500|ft|m}}. This is a last outcrop of the [[Eastern Ghats]], with a [[Bhairavar temple]] and five peedas in the rocks of the hill called the Pandava Therthams, is also sacred to the Muslims with a [[dargah]] of Waliullah Sheikh Abdullah Shaheb on its peak. At the foot hill, there are traces of a moat and Fort Marudhu, which was pulled down in early 19th century.

One of the seven vallal (freehearted), [[Paari]] ruled this area. The barren hill is believed to have been covered with dense jungle in the days of [[Maruthu Pandiyar]]'s rule from late 17th century to 1801. It was part of a large jungle that extended from the [[Eastern Ghats]] to the [[Palk Straits]].

The hilly village includes five areas (Piranmalai Main, Mathagupatti, Pudupatti, Pappapatti, Gopalapuram).

[[Piranmalai Kodunkundreeswar Temple]] is a [[hill temple]] reached by a flight of steps.

==Festivals==
The grand [[Bhrammotsavam]] is celebrated in the Tamil month of [[Chittirai]]. The Ugra Bhairavar Shrine here witnesses a special festival in the month of [[Tamil calendar|Thai]]. Other festivals here include [[Kartikai Deepam]], [[Arudra Darisanam]], [[Vinayaka Chaturthi]] and [[Navaratri]].

==Location==
The bus service to [[Ponnamaravathi]] from [[Madurai]] Mattuthavani stand goes via this village Piranmalai. There are also several bus service available from [[Singampunari]] which is {{convert|7|km|mi|abbr=on}} from here. The Dargah and temple is located {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Tiruppattur, Tirupattur district|Tiruppathur]], {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the city of [[Karaikudi]] and {{convert|50|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the city of [[Pudukottai]].

== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in Sivaganga district]]

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