Udayarpalayam taluk is a

taluk A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

Ariyalur district Ariyalur district is an administrative district, one of the Districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts in the Indian state, state of Tamil Nadu in India. The district headquarters is located at Ariyalur. The district encompasses an area of 1,949.31& ...

of the

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. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of

Jayankondam Jayankondam is a Second Grade Municipality in Ariyalur district of Tamil Nadu in India. As of 2011, the town had a population of 33,945. Huge amounts of lignite deposits have been found here and power projects have been initiated by the Neyveli ...

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Udayarpalayam had a population of 384,800 with 190,974 males and 193,826 females. There were 1015 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 65.6. Child population in the age group below 6 was 20,417 males and 17,971 females.

Towns and villages

* Adichanur * Aiyur * Alagapuram * Amanakkanthondi * Ambapur * Anaikudam * Andimadam * Angarayanallur * Anikudichan * Athukurichi * Ayyappannayakkan Pettai * Cholamadevi * Darmasamudram * Devamangalam * Devanur * Edankanni * Edayar * Elaiyur-East * Elaiyur-West * Elayaperumalnallur * Eravangudi *

GangaiKonda Cholapuram Gaṅgaikoṇḍa Chōḻapuram is a village located near to Jayankondam, Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu, India. It became the capital of the Chola dynasty in c. 1025 by Chola emperor Rajendra I, and served as the capital for around 250 years. ...

* Govindaputhur * Gunamangalam * Idayakurichi * Irugaiyur *

jayankondam Jayankondam is a Second Grade Municipality in Ariyalur district of Tamil Nadu in India. As of 2011, the town had a population of 33,945. Huge amounts of lignite deposits have been found here and power projects have been initiated by the Neyveli ...

* K. Vallam * Kachi Perumal * Kadambur * Kaduvettankurichy * Kallathur * Kaluvan Thondi * Karai Kurichy * Karukai * Kasan Kottai * Kattagaram-North * Kattagaram-South * Kattathur-North * Kattathur-South * Kilanatham * Kodali Karuppur * Kodangudi-North * Kodangudi-South * Kodukkur * Kovil Valkai * Kulothunganallur * Kundaveli-East * Kundaveli-West * Kuruvalapparkoil * Kuvagam * Kuvathur * Managathy * Marudur * Melur * Muthuservamadam * Nagam Panthal * Nayaganai Periyal * Nedavalur-East * Nedavalur-South * Olayur * Padanilai * Pappakudi-North * Pappakudi-South * Parukkal (

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) * Periyakrishnapuram * Periyavalayam * Pichanur * Pilichikuzhi * Piranjeri * Porpathintha Nallur * Rangiyam * Saluppai * Sathampady * Silambur * Siluvacheri * Sirukadambur * Solankurichi * Sripuranthan * Sriraman * Suriyamanal * Suttamalli * T.Paluvur * Taludalamedu * Thandalai * Thathanur * Thenkatchi Perumal Nathan * Thirukalapur * Udayanatham * Udayarpalayam * Udayavarathianur * Ulkottai * Ulliyakudi * Valaikurichy * Vanathirayanpattinam * Vangudi * Varadarajampettai * Variyankaval * Vembukudy * Venmankondan (

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) * Vethiyarvettu or Vettiyarvettu * Vettiyarvettu-Rf * Vilandhai * Viluthudiyan

Brihadeeswarar Temple, Gangaikondacholapuram, Jayankondam

The district became famous in 2008, when theft of eight idols were discovered from a 9th-century

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Brihadeeswarar Temple at Sripuranthan Village was discovered by Archaeological Survey of India(ASI)

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officials. One of these idols, the

Sripuranthan Natarajan Idol The Sripuranthan Natarajan Idol, is a 900-year-old statue of Natarajan — the dancing Shiva — that was stolen from the ancient Brihadeeswarar temple of Sripuranthan, smuggled to the United States, and then sold to the National Gallery of Aust ...

found its way to the

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. Two of the stolen statues were consequently returned and are now displayed in the Government Museum at Kumbakonam.

References

{{Ariyalur district Taluks of Ariyalur district