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词条 Thirumakkottai
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  1. Geography

  2. Economy

  3. Temples

  4. Demographics

  5. Education

  6. Power plant

  7. References

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Thirumakkottai (Thirumai) is a village in Mannargudi municipality in Thiruvarur district (formerly part of Thanjavur district) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The village is 16 km south of Mannargudi and 19 km north-east of Pattukkottai. It has good communication and is well connected with both towns. The nearest railway station is 16 km away at Mannargudi.

Geography

Thirumakkottai has an average elevation of 6 metres (19 feet).

Economy

As an agricultural village, Thirumakkottai's economy largely depends on the income from agriculture. The crops cultivated include rice, cotton, sugarcane, and pulses like urad and mung bean. The agriculture around this area mainly depends on the rivers Koraiyaru, Mullaiyar, and Pamaniyar. Other sources of irrigation are bore-wells.

There is a hydroelectric power plant in this village, which supplies electricity to nearby districts.

Temples

The place was once a forest of Paarijatha trees, which are endemic plants having sweet-smelling flowers.

This village is surrounded with temples and tanks. One important temple is Sree Gnanapureeshwarar temple, which is a vast temple complex with a more than 1000-year-old history. "Gnanapureeshwar" is a word dedicated to Lord Siva. Thirikulam, a tank situated opposite to this temple, is famous for curing Ven Kushtam, i.e. white leprosy.

The temple was built by the Chola King Kiruthasekaran, probably in 903 B.C. He kept Thirumakkottai as his capital. The famous of this temple is the deity is surrounded by 16 Vinayagar (Pillaiyar) in different locations and positions. This is the only place in the world where such a divine setup is established. This village is related to the history of Ramayana. History says that Sri Rama visited this village to meet his guru (master) Rishi Vasistha while travelling to Lanka to get Sita back.

Other than this Siva temple, another big and famous temple is Perumal Kovil and the main deity is Renganathar with his concert Renganayagi thayar. In addition there are a lot of village goddess temples like Maariyamman temple and Ponniyamman temple.

Ayyappan temple in thirumakottai build at the year 2006, at backside of thirumakottai boys highschool. every year the festival (vilaku poojai,mandala poojai,kanni poojai) starts at the end of December

The temple under the trust of dharmasastha trust started at the year 2013 by mrs.jothimalar selvaraj trustie preporiter of the trust

Demographics

{{As of|2001}} India census,[3] Thirumakkottai had a population of around 10000. Males constituted 50% of the population and females 50%. Thirumakkottai had an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 84%, and female literacy was 74%. In Thirumakkottai, 9% of the population was under 6 years of age.

The entire village belongs to one community, Agamudaiyar (Devar), and all of them are relatives. In the adjacent area of Maharajapuram and Perumal Kovil Natham (both places fall under Thirumakkottai Panchayat) live the Kallars. Later, Muslims migrated to this village for doing trade. Their population is now considerably increased and they are spread over the bazaar area. The bazaar mainly deals with consumer durable businesses, but most people prepare to visit nearby town Mannargudi or Pattukottai.

It is a self-contained village, because apart from Devars, goldsmiths, barbers, nathaswaram vidhuvans, laborers, and dobbys, are also living to fulfill the day today requirements.

The village has a well organized Grama Sabha Committee. It maintains the property belonging to the village and takes care of development of the village.

Education

ARJ engineering college[4] is situated around 10 km from Thirumakkottai on the road to Mannargudi. STET[5] women's college is nearby, where students from nearby towns study.

ARJ engineering college group has started the ARJ polytechnic college.

Government schools in primary and higher secondary levels, and one women's school, are available in this village. More than 1000 students from in and around this village attend them.

Power plant

A gas turbine power plant is commissioned at Thirumakkottai by the TNEB; it has a capacity of 107 MW.[6]

References

1. ^167-Mannargudi Assembly Constituency
2. ^Thirumakkottai Map
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}
4. ^ARJ College
5. ^STET College
6. ^http://www.tnerc.nic.in/tarorder%5Cchapter4.pdf

1 : Villages in Tiruvarur district

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