Melattur Veerabhadrayya
Melattur may refer to: * Melattur, Kerala, a town in the Indian state of Kerala * Melattur, Tamil Nadu, a village in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu * Melattur style {{Use Indian English, date=July 2020 The Melattur style of Bharatanatyam dance was developed largely out of the devadasi traditions and Melattur Bhagavata Mela by Mangudi Dorairaja Iyer (1900–1980), a sanyasi following Srividya Upasana. He ...

Melattur, Kerala
Melattur is a town in Malappuram district of Kerala. It is situated on the banks of the Velliyar river. The name Melattur came from the Malayalam words 'Mele' (above), 'Aaru' (river) and 'Ooru' (place); i.e., 'place near upstream'. There are places named Edayattur (place near middle of the river), and Keezhattur (place near to the downstream) on the banks of the river Olippuzha. The town is well connected to Perinthalmanna (), Manjeri (), Mannarkkad (), Pandikkad () and Karuvarakundu () by road. Melattur Railway Station is a minor railway station on the Nilambur - Shornur Line. History This place was originally part of the Valluvanad Swaroopam dynasty. Valluvanad was an erstwhile princely state in the present state of Kerala, that extended from the Nila River ( Bharathappuzha) in the South to the Panthaloor Mala in the North. On the west, it was bounded by the Arabian Sea at Ponnani and on the east by the Attapadi Hills. Facilities Government offices like subregist ...
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Melattur, Tamil Nadu
Melattur is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 18 kilometres from the town of Thanjavur. It is the origin of the Melattur style of Bharatanatyam founded by Mangudi Dorairaja Iyer and a series of dance-drama performances called the ''Bhagavatha Mela''s. Demographics India census, Melattur had a population of 7815. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Melattur has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 59%. In Melattur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. History Inscriptions at the largest Shiva temple in Melattur indicate that the village might have existed as early as the times of Vikrama Chola who lived in 12th century AD. Earlier known as Nritta Vinoda Valanadu, the village was rechristened as Unnathapuri in honor of Unnathapureswarar, the presiding deity of the temple and the form in which Lord Shiva was wors ...
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