Tirukoilur
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Thirukovilur
Thirukoilure Thirukkovalur Tirukkoyilur | |
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Municipality Administration | |
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Vehicle registration | TN-32, TN-15" |
Website | https://www.tnurbantree.tn.gov.in/tirukovilur/ |
Tirukoilur also spelt as Tirukkoyilur or Tirukovilur is a city and the headquarters of Tirukoilur taluk in
Vanavan Mahadevi, the mother of
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]
SH-7
SH-211 Thirukoilur Bye-Pass Road -Kandachipuram
SH-137 Thirukoilur-Elavanasurkottai-Asanur-Trichy
MDR-1014 Thirukovilur-Manalurpet-Tiruvannamalai
MDR-812 Thirukoilur-Veerapandi-Vettavalam
MDR-784
MDR-785 Thirukoilur - Thagadi
Significance
Tirukoilur is famous for the
The eight temples are:
- Tiruvadigai Veerattaaneswarar Templeat Thiruvadigai
- Tirukkovilur Veerateshwarar Templeat Tirukoilur
- Veerateswarar templeat Korukkai or Thirukkurukkai
- Thirukadaiyur
- Vazhuvoor
- Keelaparasalur Veerateswarar Templeat Tirupariyalur
- Thirukkandiyur
- 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.
- Kabilar Kundru (or Kabilar rock) is a hill rock in the middle of the Vadakirrutal (fast unto death) here, after his friend Vēl Pāri was killed in a battle. It is one of the protected monuments in Tamil Nadu by the Archaeological Survey of India.
- Uttaradi Matha. Shri Raghuttama Teerthar entered the Brindavana at Manampundi, near Tirukoilur
- Gnananandagiri Swamigal, established his modest ashram “Sri Gnanananda Thapovanam” , which is a quiet place, situated on the northern banks of Pennar river, near Thirukovilur in Tamil Nadu. Thapovanam meaning “forest of penance” is today a place of pilgrimage.
Anecdote
While on a visit to
References
- ^ "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.
- ISBN 9789352065523.
- ^ Madhavan 2014, p. 145
- ^ R., Dr. Vijayalakshmy (2001). An introduction to religion and Philosophy - Tévarám and Tivviyappirapantam (1st ed.). Chennai: International Institute of Tamil Studies. pp. 458–9.
- ^ Edward Jewitt Robinson (1873). Tamil Wisdom; Traditions Concerning Hindu Sages, and Selections from their writings. London: Wesleyan Conference Office.
External links
- http://www.thirukovalur.org (Official Devasthanam Website)
- http://www.tirukoilur.com