Sulur

A small town near Coimbatore. Its population is mixed of people from different languages and states of India.  Their are dozens of schools in Sulur. Their are colleges for all kinds of courses. All the colleges are run by RVS group. RVS colleges are among the top colleges in Coimbatore. It is also famous for many famous mills which exports their products to all over the world. All kinds of festivals are celebrated in Sulur. Their are numerous famous people  of Sulur origin around the world.

Sulur has numerous temples, of which, Perumal Kovil, Vaitheeswaran Kovil, and Mahakaliamman Kovil are very popular. Perumal Kovil and Eswaran Kovil are situated on the banks of Sulur Lake. It also has the famous Kumaran Kottam temple,Sulur Tirupathi and Bagavathi constructed by RVS group of Institutions. In Perumal Kovil, 'pepper' is given to devotees which is not done in any other Venkateshwara temple. The myth behind this is that a merchant was traveling through the forests of Sulur to go to nearby town to sell his items(eatables). Night descended and so he decided to take rest in the temple. When he was about to sleep, a god appeared before him in the form of a poor farmer and asked him if he had anything to eat. The merchant told that he had nothing except pepper in all his bags which could not be eaten. So the god said "ok" and left the place. The next day when he woke up, to his surprise he found all his bags contained pepper. Then he realized the person who came the previous day was not an ordinary man but the god Balaji. He immediately went before the statue and cried for forgiveness. Balaji appeared before him and told that he would be forgiven if he renovated the temple and the temple gave out pepper to all of his worshippers from that day forth. The Sulur Sivankovil (Sivan Temple) was constructed in 9th century during the rule of Adithya Cholan. The Perumalkovil (Perumal temple) was constructed during 15th century during the Vijayanagar regime. The Masjid at Sulur was constructed in 18th century . The land and the funds for the Masjid was gifted by Tipu Sultan.

One can reach Sulur either from Coimbatore or Tirupur in Bus, Train, Taxi or Car. The best way to reach Sulur is to go by Bus. From Coimbatore many buses like 19D,19E, etc from Gandhipuram (near Central Bus stop of Coimbatore) or 30E, 30D, 105 etc goes  from Town Hall. All the buses to Sulur Air Force also goes to Sulur (for Sulur Air Force read the Sulur Air Force paragraph below). It is preferred to go in Tirupur bus via Palladam and get a ticket to Sulur. It is cheap and time saving as it will stop only in few stops. 

Sulur Air Force is also another place for which Sulur is known for. It is among the famous base of Indian Air Force. It was used as the repair base for southeast Asian planes and also used for World War II by British Royal Air Force. Now it is one among popular bases if Indian Air Force. To reach Sulur Air Force one can get 19C from Gandhipuram or 19B, 30C, 30B, 30J, 30G, and 105B from Town Hall.