Adiyakkamangalam is a village panchayat located in the south Indian state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

. Located at 5 km from

Tiruvarur Thiruvarur () also spelt as Tiruvarur is a town and municipality in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Thiruvarur district and Thiruvarur taluk. The temple chariot of the Thyagaraja temple, weighing and mea ...

(East), 15 km from Nagappattinam, it is east border of

Tiruvarur district Thiruvarur district is one of the 38 districts in the Tamil Nadu state of India. As of 2011, the district had a population of 1,264,277 with a sex-ratio of 1,017 females for every 1,000 males. Geography The district occupies an area of 2,161 ...

Etymology

It is a home to many

Sufis Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spiri ...

too. The word "Adiyakkamangalam" stems from two words "Adiyaarku Mangalam (அடியார்க்கு மங்களம்)" meaning "Auspicious for the disciples" referring to the various Sufi saints entombed in this place. Pin Code: 611101 STD Code: 04366 District: Thiruvarur

External links

*http://www.adiyakkamangalam.com/ *http://wikimapia.org/1778709/Adiyakkamangalam *http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/6729

References

{{coord, 10.762611, 79.677529, display=title Villages in Tiruvarur district