Temples
- A famous temple called Manneeswara Swamy Temple is believed to have been built 1000 years ago by Chera kings.
- Arulmigu Karupparayan temple at Mettupalayam road
- Karivaradharaja Perumal Temple near Manneeswara Temple.
- Angala Parameswari Temple.
- Mariamman Temple.
- Adhi Parasakthi Temple.
- Vinayagar & Ayyappa temple in Thennampalayam road Annur.
- Vattamalai Murugan temple.
- Kalayanasubramaniya Swamy Temple at Kumaran Kundru.
- Suyambu Hanuman Temple at Idukampalayam.
- Othimalai Murugan temple and Ayyappa temple in Thennampalayam Road are some other famous Temples.
- Achampalayam Sri Selva Vinayakar Tirukovil have a great Bajanai Group.
- Arulmigu Sri Venkatesa Perumal Temple (Melaithiruppathi) - Mondipalayam.
- Periya Amman temple is one of the oldest Hindu temples for the "mother goddess". It is also known as Sri Raja Rajeshwari Amman Thiru Koil. It is is presumed to be over 1,000 years old. It is widely believed that the deity has been a savior in tough times and guards the people of Annur and its worshipers through its divine powers. Starting with the migration of people during the fight for independence, the grand temple festival which used to be very colorful and a very happy public gathering is still in abeyance. The temple is managed and worshipped as a family deity by the Govamsha community (Veera Shaiva community) of Aarunadu (a small, ancient kingdom believed to existed during the Chola period) who also continue its rituals during the auspicious (Tamil) Aadi month. Efforts have been taken by the local community people to renovate the temple and to bring back the age old traditional festivities.
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““To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his gods,”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)
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Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits,
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To monarchize, be feared, and kill with looks.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)