Tindivanam

Coordinates: 12°13′36″N 79°39′01″E / 12.226700°N 79.650400°E / 12.226700; 79.650400
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Tindivanam
Town
UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
604001, 604002
Telephone code91-4147
Vehicle registrationTN-16
Websitehttp://municipality.tn.gov.in/tindivanam/#

Tindivanam is a town and a

Villupuram
. Important roads from north to south (NH 45) Tamil Nadu pass through Tindivanam and similarly from west to east (NH 66).

History

Tindivanam was earlier known as (திந்திரிவனம்) due to the shivan (Eswaran) temple located at Tindivanam. The name of Shiva(Suyambu linga) located there is திந்திரிஈஸ்வர். (Thinthrineeswarar) with Maragadhambigai Amman is a Thevara Vaipu Sthalam. Tindivanam is a Selection grade Municipal Town. Tindivanam was constituted as a Municipality in 01.04.1949 then it was upgraded as 2nd grade Municipality from 03.04.1970, 1st grade Municipality in 22.05.98 and Selection Grade in 02.12.2008.

Ennairam,

Chola
temple of Narasimma swamy koil built by Rajaraja Chola 1 (985 –1010) and has reached 1,000 years. 8,000 samanaras lived in this village. As of 2011, the town had a population of 72,796.

Etymology

It was initially known as "Tinthrivanam"(Jungle of Tamarind-புளியங்காடு) where "Tinthiri" means 'tamarind' and "vanam" means 'Jungle' in Tamil.

Geography

Tindivanam is located at 12°15′N 79°39′E / 12.25°N 79.65°E / 12.25; 79.65.

Viluppuram District, Tamil Nadu. This small town lies about 65 km (40 mi) northwest of Cuddalore. Tindivanam is divided into 234 Revenue Villages
under Tindivanam Taluk.

It lies in the stretch of NH-45, about 123 km (76 mi) from

Chengalpet
; it takes about 1.30 hours to reach by roadways.

Map Indicating 234 Village Panchayats under Tindivanam Taluk

Demographics

Religious census
Religion Percent(%)
Hindu
82.16%
Muslim
11.95%
Christian
4.39%
Jain
1.36%
Sikh
0.04%
Buddhist
0.02%
Other
0.08%

According to

Buddhists, 1.36% Jains, 0.08% following other religions and 0.0% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.[6]

Climate

Tindivanam's climate is classified as tropical. In winter, there is much less rainfall in Tindivanam than in summer. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Aw. The average annual temperature is 28.4 °C in Tindivanam. In a year, the average rainfall is 1,045 mm (41.1 in). Precipitation is the lowest in March, with an average of 5 mm (0.20 in). With an average of 220 mm (8.7 in), the most precipitation falls in October. At an average temperature of 32.3 °C, May is the hottest month of the year. January has the lowest average temperature of the year. It is 24.5 °C. Between the driest and wettest months, the difference in precipitation is 215 mm (8.5 in). During the year, the average temperatures vary by 7.8 °C.

Climate data for Tindivanam
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 28.8
(83.8)
30.5
(86.9)
32.7
(90.9)
34.7
(94.5)
37.4
(99.3)
37.2
(99.0)
35.4
(95.7)
34.8
(94.6)
34.2
(93.6)
32
(90)
29.4
(84.9)
28.3
(82.9)
32.9
(91.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 20.2
(68.4)
20.5
(68.9)
22.5
(72.5)
25.6
(78.1)
27.2
(81.0)
27
(81)
26
(79)
25.4
(77.7)
25
(77)
24
(75)
22.3
(72.1)
20.8
(69.4)
23.9
(75.0)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 19
(0.7)
10
(0.4)
5
(0.2)
18
(0.7)
42
(1.7)
43
(1.7)
87
(3.4)
160
(6.3)
131
(5.2)
220
(8.7)
216
(8.5)
94
(3.7)
1,045
(41.2)
Source: https://en.climate-data.org/asia/india/tamil-nadu/tindivanam-968051/#climate-table

Transport

Road

Tindivanam is connected by roads to major cities and to the rest of the state. The major National Highways in the town are

Rail

Tindivanam railway Station

Tindivanam railway station is a railway station serving Tindivanam, a city and taluk headquarters in

Southern Railway Zone
. The station code is TMV.

Air

The nearest airport is

Pondicherry, in Puducherry
, approximately 40 km (25 mi) from Tindivanam. Pondicherry Airport is connected to Bangalore and Hyderabad by commercial airlines.

The nearest major airport is

Tiruchirapalli Airport
, approximately 200 km (120 mi) from the town.

Politics

  1. Member of legislative assembly : Seethapathy P
  • Tindivanam Municipal Council:
  1. Chairman: nil[8]
  2. Vice chairman[9]
  3. Commissioner: S.Annadurai, B.A.[10]

Notable people

Oil Seed Research Station

Oilseeds Research Station is located in a distance of 3 km from Tindivanam town. Started as Agricultural Research Station in 1935, later inducted with

Tamilnadu Agricultural University in the year 1981. Oilseeds Research Station has been established by Govt of Tamilnadu to evolve groundnut, sesame and castor varieties with desirable attributes viz., short duration, high yield, high oil content, drought tolerance, fresh seed dormancy, resistance to major insect pests and diseases etc. Groundnut (Has separate Kolmudal Nilayalam (Tamil)) & Oil seeds research station – affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University[11]

  • Pioneer research station in Tamil Nadu exclusively for oilseeds.
  • Started as Agricultural Research Station in 1935
  • Upgraded as Regional Research Station in 1962
  • Renamed as Oilseeds Research Station and brought under Tamil Nadu
  • Agricultural University in 1981

Temples

  1. Mailam or Mayilam is located 15 kilometres from Tindivanam.
  2. Chandramouleeswar temple, Thiruvakkarai
  3. Shri Lakshmi Narasimmar temple, Tindivanam
  4. Shri Nerkuthi Vinayagar temple, Theevanur
  5. Shri Bheemeshwarar temple, Omandur
  6. Shri Agastheeshwarar temple, Kiliyanur
  7. Shri Maragathambigai Sametha Thindrinishvarar temple, Tindivanam

Tindivanam flyover

The Enga Ooru Tindivanam flyover is the state's second railways flyover, which was built under the former union Minister Tindivanam G.Venkatraman, who was the minister for surface transport government of India and Member of parliament of Tindivanam constituency. The foundation was laid by former union Minister Murasoli Maran on 02/02 1997, which uplifted the town on various departments and solved so many issues in and around Tindivanam town. It has roundana and four lanes. The flyover is located in the heart of the Tindivanam, between

NH 66 (Bangalore – Pondicherry) and NH 45
(Chennai - Dindukkal). This flyover was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanithi in 2000. This flyover was constructed at a cost of Rs.22 crores.

National Fossil Wood Park

National Fossil Wood Park, Tiruvakkarai is a notified

Pondicherry. The park contains petrified wood fossils approximately 20 million years old, scattered throughout the park,[16] which covers about 247 acres (100 ha). The park consists of nine enclaves, but only a small portion of the 247 acres (approx 1 square km) is open to the public.[17] Officials of the GSI believe the fossils were formed during massive flooding that occurred millions of years ago.[18]
The park hosts about 200 fossilized trees.

References

  1. ^ "Census of India: Search Details".
  2. ^ Villupuram District Govt Website. "Narasimma Swamy Koil - Ennairam". Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Tindivanam, India".
  4. ^ a b "Census Info 2011 Final population totals". Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Tindivanam". Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Population By Religious Community - Tamil Nadu" (XLS). Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  7. ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
  8. ^ "Chairman - Tindivanam Municipal Council". Tindivanam Municipality, Municipal Web Portal, Govt of Tamil Nadu.
  9. ^ "Vice Chairman - Tindivanam Municipal Council". Tindivanam Municipality, Municipal Web Portal, Govt of Tamil Nadu.
  10. ^ "Commissioner - Tindivanam Municipal Council". Tindivanam Municipality, Municipal Web Portal, Govt of Tamil Nadu.
  11. ^ "TNAU Portal".
  12. ^ "Fossil Wood parks". Geological Survey of India. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013. [verification needed]
  13. ^ Kodinhi, Hussain. "Millions of years ago, there lived a tree". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 July 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2013. [verification needed]
  14. ^ VCK candidate vows to put Vanur on tourism map, The Hindu newspaper, 12-May-2016 [verification needed]
  15. ^ These trees speak, but not many hear, The Hindu ne village on the road between Tindivanam and Pondicherry.wspaper, 2-Nov-2014 [verification needed]
  16. ^ "Lifeless air hovers over Fossil Wood Park". 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013. [verification needed]
  17. ^ Prasanna, Srinivasan (17 January 2001). "Forest of Brown". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013. [verification needed]
  18. ^ Yamunan, Shruthisagar (25 September 2010). "A repository of spectacularly preserved fossilized trees". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013. [verification needed]