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There are a few other interesting sites around Mela-malai.
NATURAL CAVERN AND TOMB OF MOHAMMAD MASTHAN
The tomb of Mohammad Masthan
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A natural cavern at a short distance south of the Vijayalaya Chozhisvaram
temple contains a tomb of a Muslim saint called Hazrat Noor Muhammad Masthan.
TALAI-ARUVI-SINGAM SUNAI (தலை அருவி சிங்கம் சுனை)
Talai-aruvi-singam sunai
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Talai-aruvi-singam is a tarn (sunai) on this hill. In this there is a submerged
cave-temple with a lingam cut out of the same rock named Jvara-haresvara (ஜுவரகரேஸ்வரர்)
‘destroyer-of- fever’). According to an inscription dated 1857 AD, Ramachandra
Tondaiman (இராமசந்திரத் தொண்டைமான்) had the water baled out and, in the company
of his junior Rani and his guru Sivarama Swami, worshipped this lingam.
There is a small Vinayaka- shrine, with a front mandapam and flat roof,
near this sunai.
A BEAUTIFUL SMALL LAKE
On the southern side of the Mela-malai, at the foot, there is a small but
beautiful lake. There is a small shrine for the village deity, Ayyanar (அய்யனார்),
on the western bank of this water spread.
The small lake near the Mela-malai
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