Ucchi Pillayar Temple, Rockfort

Ucchi Pillayar Temple, Rockfort

Ucchi Pillayar Temple is a 7th-century Hindu temple, one dedicated to Lord Ganesh located a top of Rockfort, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Mythologically this rock is the place where Lord Ganesh ran from King Vibishana, after establishing the Ranganathaswamy deity in Srirangam. The Rock Fort temple stands 83m tall perched atop the rock. The smooth rock was first cut by the Pallavas but it was the Nayaks of Madurai who completed both the temples under the Vijayanagara empire. Due to its ancient and impressive architecture created by the Pallavas, the temple is maintained by the Archaeological department of India.

Ucchi Pillayar Temple, Rockfort Media

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  Interior of a Temple on the Rock of Trichinopoly (1847)

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  Rockfort as viewed from Lourdes Church

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  Main entrance to the temple

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  View from the east side of the temple

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  Sky of Tiruchirapalli shared by the most famous rock fort temple and Our Lady of Lourde's Church the most oldest.

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  This is a photo of ASI monument number 

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  Trichy at night, as viewed from the Uchchi Pillayar Temple, Rockfort