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. The ancient name of this village is Snehapuri. Later it was called as Anpur (Sneham=Anpu) and currently called as KizhaAmbur. The village has a Railway Station and Bus Stand. Bus is the primary mode of transport due to the proximity of the bus stand closer to public compared to the Railway Station. The village is surrounded by other small villages like kakka Nallur, Poovan Kurichi, and Thattan Patti. Kizha Ambur is in good location surrounded by several tourist attraction. A few worth mentioning are: Siva Sailam Temple, Papanasam, Higher and Lower dams of Papanasam, Vaana Theertham, Mani Mutharu, Manjolai, Courtallam, Athri Theertham, and Sadai Udaiyar temple near Kallidai Kurichi.

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Kizha Ambur is an ancient village with rich culture has an old name Snekapuri (

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: சிநேகபுரி). Sneka in Sanskrit means "Love" (

: அன்பு). Puri can be translated as a village (

: ஊர்). So if we translate it in Tamil the name will be "Anbu-oor" which has metamorphized as "Ambur" (

: ஆம்பூர்).Another reason is found in the stone inscription of

Sivasailam Sivasailam (Sivasaailam per the Indian census) is a village located on the bank of River Gadananathi River in Tenkasi taluk, Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu, India. The census village code is 642940. The postal code is 627412. The spoken language ...

temple is that Aambal flower is found in Poovan Kurichi lake. So it got the name Ambur. There are many temples in this village. They are ancient and very powerful. Some of the important ones are-: 1. Perumal temple 2. Aathangarai Shivan temple 3. Vadakavachalli aman temple The Kumbaabhishegam of the Aathangarai Shivan temple (River Shiva temple) was held on 19 May 2016. This is a powerful temple and has the ability to fulfill the devotees prayers. There is also a procession of Paramakalyani Samedha Sivasailapathi to this village which comes from Alwazhkurichi. The procession is organized by the village people. The temples in this village are very beneficent.

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The village is the birthplace of Goddess Sri.Paramakalyani, the consort of the presiding Deity Sri. Sivalsailanathar, at Sivasailam. Kizha ambur is nature surrounded village with a beautiful river named

Gadananathi River Gadananathi (கடனாநதி)also can be called as Gadananadhi or Gatananadhi or Kadananathi or Kadananadhi is a river flowing in the Tirunelveli district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Gadananathi originates from Agasthyamalai Bios ...

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Shiva lingam.jpg Maheshwara.jpg Swami Azhaippu.jpg Kailashpati.jpg Goddess home.jpg Kailash near Perumal Kovil.jpg Vadakavaachalli Amman Ama.jpg Villages in Tirunelveli district