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thumb|Alwarthirunagiri main road Alwarthirunagiri is a panchayat town in Thoothukudi district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is next to Srivaikuntam on the Tirunelveli - Tiruchendur Highway, Tamil Nadu, southern India. It's about 31 km from Tirunelveli and 29 km from Tiruchendur, on the banks of the river Tamirabarani. Alwarthirunagiri is the birthplace of alwar saint Nammalvar. The temple is classified as a "Divya Desam", the 108 temples of Sri Narayana revered by the 12 poet saints, or Alwars.

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Alwarthirunagiri
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town
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India Tamil Nadu#India3
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Location in Tamil Nadu, India
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Country
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State
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Tamil Nadu
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District
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Thoothukudi
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Metric
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8876
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2001
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auto
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Official
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Tamil
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IST
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+5:30

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
village in India
Country
India
Located in
Tamil Nadu
Area
8
Elevation
13
Image
Azhwar Thirunagari2.jpg
Dialing code
4639
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postal code
628612
Commons category
Alwarthirunagiri
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Demographics
  • Nammalvar
  • Manavala Mamunigal
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|Alwarthirunagiri main road Alwarthirunagiri is a panchayat town in Thoothukudi district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is next to Srivaikuntam on the Tirunelveli - Tiruchendur Highway, Tamil Nadu, southern India. It's about 31 km from Tirunelveli and 29 km from Tiruchendur, on the banks of the river Tamirabarani. Alwarthirunagiri is the birthplace of alwar saint Nammalvar. The temple is classified as a "Divya Desam", the 108 temples of Sri Narayana revered by the 12 poet saints, or Alwars.

==Demographics== India census, Alwarthirunagiri had a population of 9.289. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Alwarthirunagiri has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 74.4%;

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alwarthirunagiri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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