Budalur
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Budalur | |
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village | |
UTC+5:30 (IST ) | |
Budalur P/O | 613602 |
Coastline | 83 kilometres (52 mi) |
Mallipattinam | Thanjavur |
Budalur (pronounced as 'boodhaloor') is a village located in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. There is a famous historic Shiva temple known as the Abathsagayeshwarar Temple situated in Budalur, built by Great Emperor Raja Raja Cholan (who built the Big temple in Thanjavur) during 10th century. This place is easy to access from, Thanjavur by 20 kilometers and Tiruchirapalli by 34 kilometers with both Railways and roadways.
Transport
The most significant landmark of Budalur is its
There are lot of roadways from Budalur to reach the main cities of Thanjavur and Trichy. There are lot of buses available from major towns and other villages to Budalur. Most of the people use two-wheelers. There are taxi stands, load vehicle stands and a vegetable market available around the railway station. There are 3 petrol bunks available in Budalur.
Schools
There are 3 Matriculation Schools (Our Lady of Health Matriculation School-A Christian Convent, Vidhya Matriculation School, Wesley Matriculation School), 2 Government Elementary Schools, a Government Girls Higher Secondary School and a Government Higher Secondary School. Now built a CBSE school named SHEMFORD FUTURISTIC SCHOOL, placed near new taluk office. Budalur is the main educational center for lot of small villages around it.
Offices
A sub-registrar's Office in Budalur covers more than 80 villages in Budalur Circle. Also the major office of Budalur is the Panchayat Union Office (formerly called as Block Development Office) that connects Budalur with 40 major village panchayats with 90 smaller villages.
There is a
As per the announcement from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister in May 2013, the Thanjavur Taluk is bifurcated and a new Budalur Taluk is formed.
Temples
There are 7 main temples for Lord Shiva(2), Lord Vijaya Kothanda Raama, Lord Murugan, Goddess Naachiyaaramman, Lord Ganesh and Lord Ayyanar. One of Lord Shiva's temple is called as Aabathsahaayeswara (God who helps during problems) temple, which was constructed by
The world famous
The place Thiruvaiyaru, which is famous for its Thiyagaraja Aaraadhanaa (Carnatic Music Concert), is located at 24 km from Budalur.
References
External links
- Badalur - Geography Population Map
- "Budalur Block - Panchayat Villages". Archived from the original on 17 January 2007.
- "General description of the Southern Zone" (PDF). Regional research station, Aruppukottai. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007.
- Vilvarayan patti raja varma house