Rock Fort

Worth visit ! It's really wonder built on stone .it's really a complex of temples. I don't know much about its historical past. Lots of god's and goddess.

They have write down names in Tamil .. nothing in English . Unfortunately I don't know Tamil ..

In Tamil Nadu , if you don't know to read Tamil. It will be little hard .. I personally recommend learn some Tamil . And I have started it

Uchi Pillaiyar temple is located on the rock fort hill.

Need to climb around 500 steps to visit the pillaiyar temple.

Steps are very high initially and later it is bit slippery.

View from the top is very beautiful.

We have Thayumanavar temple and amman temple on the way.

No specific parking place and vehicles to be parked on the roadside. Roads leading to the temple is very narrow.

It's a very good worshiping place.in the festival time area is too crowded. And the worship material is available in the nearby shop . It's also a good place for visiting. Only thing i will just spend some time there and take a view of rock fort. From there u can see the whole view of Trichy.

The most famous land mark of Tiruchirappalli is Rockfort Temple. It is also called as Ucchi Pillaiyar Kovil. It is in the heart of the city. This is a275 ft. tall rock structure. It is reached by a step flight of 437 steps cut into the rock. Halfway up is the Sri Thayumanaswamy Temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva. It has a 100 pillared hall, and a Vimana. There are inscription in these temple that date back to 3rd century B.C. From its summit tourists can get a fantastic view of the town plus its other main landmark, Srirangam, Cauvery River, Coleroon River, Thiruvanaikal Kovil, etc. The temple is located 5 kms from Central Bus Stand and 1 km from Chathiram Bus Stand. Trichy. Government and private bus services are available to reach Rockfort.

Historical place, couldn’t get the chance to visit there. Photo taken from Cauvery bridge about 1km away from the fort.
The Rockfort is a fortress which stands atop a 273-foot-high rock, consisting of a set of monolithic rocks accommodating many rock-cut cave temples. Originally built by the Pallavas, it was later reconstructed by the Madurai Nayaks and Vijayanagara rulers.
Tiruchirappalli Rockfort, locally known as Malaikottai, is a historic fortification and temple complex built on an ancient rock. It is located in the city of Tiruchirappalli, on the banks of river Kaveri, Tamil Nadu, India. It is constructed on an 83 metres high rock.

Arulmigu Uchi Pillaiyar Temple-- This temple, popularly known as the Rockfort temple too, is situated atop a hillock. It can be seen from far during night-time, as there were good colourful illumination around the hillock.

From the lowest point to the top-- there were 418 steps. One needs to climb around 300 steps to reach the view point. Till the viewpoint, the entire stairpath is through the cave, so there is no direct sunlight/ heat to be bohred of.

There is another temple named Thayumanaswami Temple around half-way of the stair-path. This temple seems to be made by cutting a cave bigger.

After around 300 steps, the stair-path emerges from the cave into open, ad at that point, on left side, there is the "Pallavar Upper rockcut Caves", built during the Pallava dynasty. Sadly, hat portion seemed to be permanently locked.

The view from the vewpoint and from the temple is really mesmerizing. One can see the bridges on river Kaveri, the Gopurams of the Ranganathaswamy Temple etc. from the viewpoint.

Rockfort is a historic temple built on a rock. It is located in the centre of Tiruchirappalli, on the banks of river Kaveri. From top of the hill , we can see the aerial view of srirangam and trichy city
Not very difficult to climb to the top for youngsters and healthy adults.
For small kids and elders, it will be little difficult.
During sunny days it's better to climb after 5:00pm.

If you are in Tiruchirappalli then it's a best place to visit. Basically it's a temple of lord Vinayaka which is situated on the top of a big rock. The view from the top is marvellous.