Pallikonda

Pallikonda is a selection grade town panchayat in Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It connects with 90 villages as well as the town of Gudiyatham.

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Locality: Vettuvānam
Region: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
Population: 23,067
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Pallikonda
Settlement.native_name_lang: Tamil
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: LTKWTL-Pallikonda-Toll-Plaza.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Pallikonda Toll Plaza on NH 46
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Tamil Nadu
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: India
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Vellore
Settlement.named_for: Ranganathaswamy temple
Settlement.government_type: Pallikonda Selection Grade Town Panchayat
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 19.2
Settlement.population_total: 23,067

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Pallikonda is a selection grade town panchayat in Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It connects with 90 villages as well as the town of Gudiyatham.

==History== Pallikonda hosts a large non-sepulchral megalithic assembly with a vast capstone supported by three equally enormous boulders. The presence of the megalith was officially reported by Col. Congreve of the Madras Regiment in 1845 and was included in the book "Rude Stone Monuments" by J. Fergusson in 1872. The capstone projections are positioned so that they point towards north and south. The surface of the capstone is riddled with more than 75 cupules, built in clusters. Cupules of a large cluster form direct sight-lines to the position of the stars Vega and Capella during solstice sun rise and sunset.

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