Mayanur, Karur
Mayanur is one of the famous tourist attractions in
Karur District, which is situated bank of the River Cauvery and it comes under Krishnarayapuram Taluk's
administration of Tamil
Nadu State. It is believed that the
name Mayanur derived from the Tamizh word
maiyam, maiyanur means center place in Tamil
language, which is considered as
the center place of Tamil Nadu.
In the ancient medieval period, it is believed to have
been a tri-junction midpoint of Chera, Chola and Pandiya dynasties
and The Madukkarai Wall is a historic
border fortification demarcating the boundaries of the three ancient kingdoms.
The wall was supposedly erected by the goddess Sellandiyamman. It may be over
2,000 years old.
Mayanur is located on Karur-Trichy National Highway
(NH-37), 20 km from Karur city and 21 km from Kulithalai. It has five
subdivision villages in it called Kaspa Mayanur, Keela Mayanur, Pudhu Street,
Mela Mayanur and Kilinjanatham.
Mayanur Barrage
The River Cauvery has broadest width at this location; it is around
1.5 km, compared to the any other places where it is flowing in Tamil
Nadu so it is also called Aganda Cauvery (broad
Cauvery) in this location. Tamilnadu state government recently have constructed a
1.233 km long bridge-cum-barrage across the Cauvery river which is
connecting Mayanur with kattupudur, Mohanur road and Namakkal district via
Selaipillaiyaarpudur, and shortening the distance between the nearest points by
about 45 km.
The project is seen as the cornerstone for the first intrastate
river linking plan. The aim of this project is to increase the irrigation
management capacity of the south bank canal, Kattalai High level channel, New
Kattalai high level channel and the Krishnarayapuram channel which all branch
off the Cauvery at Mayanur which helps to store up to 1.04 tmcft of water
during monsoon. It splits from the main branch and flows eastward into the
nearby villages.
The maintenance and distribution water among those
channels are comes under the direct control of Public Works Department (PWD) of
Mayanur.