Hindu Temples in Salem, India — Find 165+ Sacred Sites

Hindu Temples in Salem

Salem lies in the upper Kongu region of western Tamil Nadu, on the western fringe of the historic Chera–Chola contact zone, and at the foot of the Shevaroy (Yercaud) hills. The city’s most prominent Hindu temples include the Kottai Mariamman Temple — a major Amman shrine in the city centre — and the Sugavaneswarar Temple in old Salem, dedicated to Shiva. Salem’s temple landscape combines historic urban shrines with a dense rural network of Amman, Ayyanar, and Murugan village temples extending across the surrounding agricultural belts. The page covers Hindu temples in Salem city and its closer outskirts.