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Thiruvattar Adhi Kesava Temple
Thiruvattar is a panchayat town in Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. About the town This town is situated north-east of Marthandam Marthandam is a major trade centre in Kuzhithurai municipality across National Highway (NH 47) in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, India. Formerly known as Thoduvetty (another name for the Marthandam market region), it was a portion of ... and north-west of Nagercoil. The two main rivers Pahrali River and Kothai surround the village and join in Moovattumugam, giving the name ''Thiru'' (sacred)+ ''vatta'' (surround)+ ''aru'' (river). This village, where the Sri Adikesavaperumal Temple is located, is one of the 108 Divya Desams. Demographics India census, Thiruvattaru had a population of 18,404. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Thiruvattaru has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 75%. In Thiruvatt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Adikesavaperumal Temple
The Adikesava Perumal Temple is a Hindu temple located in Thiruvattar, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India and is one of the 108 Divya desams, the holy sites of Hindu Vaishnavism according to existing Tamil hymns from the seventh and eighth centuries C.E. The temple is one of the historic thirteen Divya Deshams of Malai Nadu. The temple is a picturesque setting surrounded on three sides by rivers namely, (River Kothai, River Pahrali and River Thamirabarani) It was the Rajya Temple and Bharadevatha shrine of Erstwhile Travancore. After state reorganisation, the temple handed over to Tamilnadu H&RCE Dept. The presiding Vishnu in the form of Ananthapadmabhan/Adikeshavaperumal is believed to be older than Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram. Since Vishnu resides here in a reclining position, and is surrounded by rivers, the temple is called as "The Srirangam of Chera Kingdom". The temple was consecrated by Parasurama and is admired by Veda vyasa in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pahrali River
Pahrali River (also called Parazhiyar) flows through the Kanyakumari District in southern India. It originates in the Mahendragiri hills Mahendragiri is the name of the following places in India: * Mahendragiri, Odisha, a hill or mountain in Eastern Ghats, Gajapati district, Odisha, India * Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu, a hill or mountain in Eastern Ghats, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Na .... The Mathur Hanging Trough, the highest and longest aqueduct in Asia, was built over it near the hamlet of Mathur. Perunchani dam is constructed across Pahrali river. References Kanyakumari Rivers of Tamil Nadu Thiruvattar Rivers of India {{India-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excel Central School
Excel Central School is a co-educational ''English Medium School'' which is situated 1km west to Thiruvattar in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. It follows the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, CISCE board, and is branded along with Excel Global School as the Excel Group of Schools. The school is one of the most popular and leading centres of education within the district and provides a broad and balanced modern curriculum. The Administration of the school is vested with the Centre for Educare and Research Charitable Trust, which is a non-profit organisation for rural education, led by Dr. Sree Kumar. The school has entered into a joint venture with New Delhi based ISO 9001 certified Pearls International School, with a view to integrate new techniques and educational technology with existing educational standards. Campus This institution was established in the academic year 2003–04. The campus covers about {{convert, 8, acre, m2, which seats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kesavapuram
Kesavapuram is a village in Thiruvattaru taluk, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. The village is part of the Viswnabhapuram legislative assembly constituency and the Kanyakumari parliamentary constituency. The village is located about 7 km north-east of Marthandam and 31 km north-west of Nagercoil. The village is home to the St. Sebastian Church which is considered to be 100 years old. References Villages in Kanyakumari district {{Kanniyakumari-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaikunda Chella Pathi
Vaikunda Chella Pathi is one among the oldest Nizhal Thangals in the Western Kanyakumari district. It was located 6 km North-east of Marthandam midway between Marthandam and Kulasekaram at Thiruvattar. It is also the only Nizhal Thangal in the district to conduct three Thiru Eadu Vasippu festivals annually. Nizhal Thangal at Attoor is located nearby. Legend The land where the Thangal stood today was owned by ''Sankaran Thamby'', Changumugam, Thiruvananthapuram until the 1940s. The legend goes that ''Chellan Samiyar'', was a palmyra climber. He being a staunch devotee of lord vishnu, had set a pedestal at his hut and used it to offer his daily prayers. He was said to be instructed by Lord Narayana in his dream to construct a Temple. Samiyar, who was then a teenager, was unable to realise his dream as he had no land of his own. Disappointed by this, he appealed to Lord Narayanathat how he could construct a temple without any land. He was said to receive command to m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulasekaram
Kulasekharam is a town located in the district of Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the most important business centres in the district, after Marthandam. Kulasekharam has many rubber plantations that yield high quality latex, which is the town's major revenue source. The town is making inroads and valuable contribution in the field of healthcare, by providing impeccable medical facilities to the semi-rural crowd from nearby places. Kulasekharam has three medical colleges for medical sciences, Homeopathy and Naturopathy. Kulasekharam has a mix of Hindu, Christian, Dalits and Muslim communities and has historically been a peaceful town. Tamils and Malayalees form the majority of the population. Etymology Kulasekhara is the name of a dynasty that ruled over Kerala, from which the name may have been derived. Administration Kulasekharam is a town panchayat located in Kanyakumari district, and comes under Thiruvattar Taluk. It has 18 wards in the panchayat. The e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagercoil (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Nagercoil was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. K. Kamaraj Nadar, K. Kamaraj. The first elected Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu was elected twice to the Lok Sabha from here. It has been now named as Kanyakumari (Lok Sabha constituency). Kamarajar by-election victory The death of A. Nesamony in 1968 led to the by-election in Nagercoil constituency. Realising the popularity of Kamaraj in this constituency and the potential danger posed by Kamaraj's election after the Indian National Congress party's debacle in 1967 Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1967 election, C. Rajagopalachari wrote in ''Swarajya'', the magazine of the Swatantra Party, about the need to defeat him and appealed to C. N. Annadurai to support M. Mathias, the Swatantra Party candidate. Annadurai deputed M. Karunanidhi, the then Minister for Public Works, to Nagercoil to work in support of Mathias. Despite the efforts, Kamaraj won decisively with a 1,28,201-vote margin on 8 January 1969. Assembly segm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include censuses of agriculture, traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The United Nations (UN) defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. UN recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practices. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in turn, defines the census of agriculture as "a statistical operation for collecting, processing and disseminating data on the structure of agriculture, covering th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divya Desams
A Divya Desam or Vaishnava Divya Desam is one of the 108 Vishnu and Lakshmi temples that is mentioned in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, works of the Alvars, the poet-saints of the Sri Vaishnavism, Sri Vaishnava tradition. Of the 108 temples, 105 are in India, one is in Nepal, and the last two are believed to outside the earth, in Kshira Sagara, Tirupparkatal and Vaikuntha, Vaikuntham. In India, they are spread over the states of Tamil Nadu (84), Kerala (11), Andhra Pradesh (2), Gujarat (1), Uttar Pradesh (4), and Uttarakhand (3). Muktinath, Saligramam is the only Divya Desam in Nepal. The Divya Desams are revered by the 12 Alvars in the ''Divya Prabandha, Naalayira Divya Prabandham'', a collection of 4,000 Tamil Language, Tamil verses. The Divya Desams follow either Tenkalai or Vadakalai modes of worship. Etymology In Sanskrit, ''divya'' means "divine" and ''desam'' indicates "realm" (temple). Geography Divya Desams are classified into six regions: #Chera Nadu # Chola Nadu # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Kerala
University of Kerala, formerly the University of Travancore, is a state-run public university located in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital of Kerala, India. It was established in 1937 by a promulgation of the Maharajah of Travancore, Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma who was also the first Chancellor of the university. C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer, the then Diwan (Prime Minister) of the State was the first Vice-Chancellor. It was the first university in Kerala, and among the first in the country. Accredited by NAAC with highest grade of A++ and scored 3.67 points out of 4. The university has over 150 affiliated colleges and has sixteen faculties and 43 Departments of teaching and research. The Governor of Kerala serves as the Chancellor of university. History It was established in 1937 by a promulgation of the Maharajah of Travancore, Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma who was also the first Chancellor of the university. C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer, the then Diwan (Prime Minister) of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moovattumugam
Moovattumugam is a hamlet situated 2 km north-west to Thiruvattar, where the rivers Kothai and Pahrali unify to flow southwest towards the Arabian Sea. There is an ancient Sastha Temple is situated the bank of Moovattumugom. Every year 1000 of hindhus visiting here for Balidharpanam on karkidavaavu foe remebering their Ancestors. This temple situated in the bank of the river which is very natural beuty. Thottavaram Lady of assumption Church and CSI Church Thottavaram are adjacent to this hamlet. Zigma Sports and arts club is the one of the youth sports and arts development club in Thottavaram (Moovattumugam ). Village towns Attoor & Thiruvattar are 1.5 km away. Villages in Kanyakumari district Thiruvattar {{Kanniyakumari-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kothai
Kothai is a river in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu state, India, which originates from the Kodayar Lake. Kothai is name of a female in Tamil. In Tamil it means " Beautiful girl of no mistakes "(Kuttram illadha Azhagiya pen)" Kanyakumari Thiruvattar {{Kanniyakumari-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
