Tirukoilur

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Thirukovilur
Thirukoilure Thirukkovalur Tirukkoyilur
Municipality Administration
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Vehicle registrationTN-32, TN-15"
Websitehttps://www.tnurbantree.tn.gov.in/tirukovilur/

Tirukoilur also spelt as Tirukkoyilur or Tirukovilur is a city and the headquarters of Tirukoilur taluk in

Thenpennai River and famous for Ulagalantha Perumal TempleTirukoilur is located on the highway connecting cities of Tiruvannamalai and Vellore with Southern Tamil Nadu. The town is served by Tirukoilur railway station (formerly, Arakandanallur Thirukovilur
railway station).

Vanavan Mahadevi, the mother of

Rajaraja Chola I, was born as a Tamil princess of Chera
dynasty in Tirukoilur.

Demographics

As of 2011[update] India census,[1] Tirukkoyilur had a population of 60212. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Tirukkoyilur has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 73%. In Tirukkoyilur, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport

Thirukoilur had widely bus facilities as both same as Rail facilities. The city well connected by State highways the major highways are below:[citation needed]

Thirukovilur--Vellore

SH-7

Villupuram

SH-211 Thirukoilur Bye-Pass Road -Kandachipuram

Thirukovilur-Sankarapuram

SH-137 Thirukoilur-Elavanasurkottai-Asanur-Trichy

MDR-1014 Thirukovilur-Manalurpet-Tiruvannamalai

MDR-812 Thirukoilur-Veerapandi-Vettavalam

MDR-784 Thirukoilur-Rishivandiyam-Thiyagadurugam- Kallakurichi

MDR-785 Thirukoilur - Thagadi

Significance

Tirukoilur is famous for the

Tiruvirkudi Veerataneswarar Temple at Thiruvirkudi.[4]
Shiva in all these temples are described to have used bow and arrow, trident and spear.

  • Ulagalantha Perumal Temple or Trivikrama Temple is a
    Thirumangai Alvar
    , another Alvar saint also revered the deity in his verses compiled in Nalayira Divya Prabandam.
  • Uttaradi Matha
    . Shri Raghuttama Teerthar entered the Brindavana at Manampundi, near Tirukoilur

Anecdote

While on a visit to

Pandya. Avvai then makes an invocation to Ganesha for making the invitation on a palmyra leaf, on which Ganesha appears before her. On receiving the invitation the three kings come for marriage and give away Angavay and Sangavay in marriage (pp. 57–59).[5] There is a mention of this time period in Ponniyin Selvan.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ^ "Census of India 2014: Data from the 2014 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
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  3. ^ Madhavan 2014, p. 145
  4. ^ R., Dr. Vijayalakshmy (2001). An introduction to religion and Philosophy - Tévarám and Tivviyappirapantam (1st ed.). Chennai: International Institute of Tamil Studies. pp. 458–9.
  5. ^ Edward Jewitt Robinson (1873). Tamil Wisdom; Traditions Concerning Hindu Sages, and Selections from their writings. London: Wesleyan Conference Office.

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