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Amaravathinagar is a small town in the foothills of
Annamalai Hills Arunachala ( IAST: , 'Red Mountain') is a hill in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, and one of the five main Shaiva holy places in South India. The Arunachalesvara Temple to Shiva is located at the base of the hill. The hill is also known by the na ...
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Tirupur district Tiruppur District is one of the 38 districts of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, formed in 22 February 2009. Dharapuram was the largest taluk by area in the district. The district is well-developed and industrialized. The Tiruppur banian indust ...
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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 ...
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; 17 km south on SH 17 from
Udumalpet Udumalai, also known as Udumalaipettai and Udumalpet (), is a town in Tiruppur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Udumalaipettai is located 535 km (332 mi) south west from the state capital, Chennai and 72 km (45 mi) away from Coimbator ...
and around 80 km south of Downtown Coimbatore city. The three major employers in this village are the
Amaravathi Reservoir The Amaravathi Dam is a dam constructed across the Amaravathi River. It is located at Amaravathinagar, south of Udumalpet on SH 17 in the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary, Tirupur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The associated ...
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dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, a ...
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Sainik School The Sainik Schools are a system of schools in India established and managed by the Sainik Schools Society under Ministry of Defence (MoD). They were conceived in 1961 by V. K. Krishna Menon, the then Defence Minister of India, to rectify the regio ...
and the Glucose Factory. Most activities in this village revolve around these three factors. The dam has fishing, a park, and a canal system for agriculture. This place is in valley in the Western Ghats of south India. There are many hills around Amaravathinagar and Idilimalai is one among them. Thoovanam falls is one of the four trekking routes nearby in the Amaravathy range of the
Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park Anaimalai Tiger Reserve, earlier known as Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park and as Anaimalai Wildlife Sanctuary, is a Protected areas of India, protected area in the Anaimalai Hills of Pollachi and Valparai taluks of Coimbatore ...
. Places Amaravathi Amman temple yearly once this temple will be decorated and celebration will be there for 14 days in this village. people from near by villages and even from coimbatore, madurai will be coming for festival.


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Villages in Coimbatore district {{Coimbatore-geo-stub