Thiruvarur – General Information
Thiruvarur District is one of the 32 districts in the Tamil
Nadu state of India. The district occupies an area of 2161 km². It lies between Nagapattinam district on the east and Thanjavur District on the west, and is bounded by the Palk
Strait on the south. The district
headquarters is at Thiruvarur town. Thiruvarur also spelt
as Tiruvarur is a town & municipality in Tiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamilnadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Tiruvarur
district and Tiruvarur Taluk. The town was one of the five traditional capitals of the Chola
empire, with one of the emperors of the
dynasty, Kulothunga Chola I, having it as his capital.
The town is believed to be of significant antiquity and
has been ruled, at different times, by the Medieval
Cholas, Later
Cholas, Later Pandyas, Vijaya Nagara Empire, Marathas and the British. The town is known for the Thyagaraja temple, and the annual chariot festival held in the month of April. The temple
chariot of the Thyagaraja temple, weighing 300 tonnes (660,000 lb.) and
measuring 90 feet (27 m) tall is the largest temple chariot in Tamilnadu.
Thiruvarur is the birthplace of Thyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Shyama
Sastri, popularly known as the Trinity of Carnatic music of the 18th century CE.
Thiruvarur was a part of Thanjavur district till 1991 and Nagapattinam district until 1997; it became the headquarters of
Tiruvarur district when it was carved out of Nagapattinam district in 1997. The
Odampokki river passes through the centre of the town. Thiruvarur covers an
area of 10.47 km2 (4.04 sq. mi). It is administered by
a first grade municipality. The town is a part of the Cauvery
delta region and agriculture is
the major occupation. Roadways are the major means of transportation with a
total of 94.06 km (58.45 mi) of district roads including three national
highways passing through the town.
History
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Geography
Thiruvarur district receives an annual rainfall of 1,260
millimetres (50 in). The district experiences tropical climate during
summer; from March to May. The proximity to sea results in high humidity
throughout the year and peaks 70% from August to May. The district has a plain
terrain of alluvial soil consisting of sand, silt and clay. Paddy is the major crop while the others being black
gram, green
gram, ground
nut and gingelly.
Administration
Thiruvarur district is made up of seven taluks:
·
Kudavasal
·
Mannargudi
·
Nannilam
·
Needamangalam
·
Thiruthuraipoondi
·
Thiruvarur
·
Valangaiman
Economy
Thiruvarur lies in the Kaveri
River basin and the main occupation
of the inhabitants of the town and surrounding regions is agriculture. More than 70% of the workforce is involved in
agriculture; 14% being cultivators and rest are agricultural labourers. Paddy is cultivated in three seasons namely Kuruvai (June–August), Samba (August–January) & Thaladi (January - March). There
are no industrial estates in the town and the district – as of 2012, a
government proposal is formulated to develop one at Vaippur village. Modern
agricultural tools like hullers have replaced labourers and reduce the profit
margin of small traders and labourers. There are no co-operative societies who
acquire the farm products and the District Purchasing Centre, operated by the
government of Tamil Nadu is the major procurer.
Being an agricultural town, the predominant industries
are agriculture based like modern rice milling, palm oil refinery, poultry, livestock
and coir based. Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation operating a modern rice
mill and South India Edible Oil involved in refining oil are the large-scale
industries in the town. There are small service enterprises involved in
automobile servicing, hotels, hospitals, boat repairing and nylon fishnet
repairing. There is a weekly market at Thanjai Salai and a daily market
maintained by the municipality, where vegetables and fish are sold.
Nationalized banks such as State Bank of India, Indian
Bank, Central Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and private banks like ICICI
Bank, City
Union Bank have their branches in
Thiruvarur. Kumbakonam Co-operative Bank, Tiruvarur Co-operative Bank and
Primary Agriculture Bank are the cooperative banks that have their branches in
the town. All these banks have their Automated teller machines located in various parts of the town.
Places of
Interest
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Hotels
List
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Connectivity
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