Located about 52 km away from Coimbatore, Mettupalayam is a small town at the foot hills of Nilgiris on the bank river Bhavani on Coimbatore- Guddalor State Highways. It is the starting point for two of the ghat roads into the Nilgiri Hills. The train journey between Mettupalayam and Ooty is daring but cheerful as it passes through 46 km of forests, tea plantations, 16 tunnels and more than 250 bridges. The major attraction of Mettupalayam is the Kotagiri road, where one can see spotted deer's and elephants. Many temples such as Vana Bathrakali Amman Kovil, Idugampalayam Aanjineyar temple, Subramaniya swamy temple, South Thirupathi (a Private owned temple managed by the KG group), Kurunthamalai Bala Thandayudapani Murugan Kovil, Kumaran Kundru Murugan Kovil, Karamadai Ranganadhar Kovil are situated near Mettupalayam. Black Thunder, the water theme park is near to Mettupalayam.