Ujjeevanathar Temple, Uyyakondan Thirumalai

Uyyakondan Thirumalai Temple, also called the Ujeevanathar temple, stands on a rock about 30 m high at Uyyakondanmalai, on the Trichy–Vayalur road on the outskirts of Tiruchirappalli, beside the Uyyakondan river. Shiva is worshipped as Uyyakondan in the form of a lingam, with Parvati as Anjanakshi Amman, and the temple is a Paadal Petra Sthalam praised in the Tevaram. A flight of steps climbs from the tank at the base, with a Vinayagar shrine cut into the first ten steps, and the whole four-acre complex is fortified.

The temple dates from about 950 CE, the Sembian era of the Cholas. Inscriptions record a crown given by Sembiyan Mahadevi and mention the Rathakarar, a community of skilled temple-car makers, under Kulothunga I. During the siege of Trichinopoly in 1753–54 French and English forces occupied it, and after the battle of Sugar-loaf Rock Major Lawrence took the fortified temple by assault. The main deity faces west, and there are two Parvati shrines.