Thiruvaikuntam
Sign in to saveSrivaikuntam, also referred to as Thiruvaikuntam, is a panchayat town in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the river Thamirabarani.
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Place details
- Locality
- Srivaikuntam
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India
- Population
- 15,847
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.other_name
- Thiruvaikuntam
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Tamil Nadu, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Thoothukudi
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8.3
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 17
- Settlement.population_total
- 16214
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2001
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Official
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Thoothukudi district
- Area
- 5.5
- Elevation
- 17
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Dialing code
- 4630
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- postal code
- 628601
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Srivaikuntam, also referred to as Thiruvaikuntam, is a panchayat town in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the river Thamirabarani.
Thiruvaikuntam has a temple dedicated to Vishnu, known as Srivaikuntanathan or as Tiruvaikuntapati, with a lofty gopuram. The Thiruvenkadam Udaiyar Mandapam is rich with sculptures of yalli, elephants and warriors. The Ekadasi Mandapam, which is opened on Vaikunta Ekadasi days, contains sculptures. During the period of conflict between the East India Company forces and Veera Pandiya Kattabomman, the temple served as a fort. The Kailasanathaswamy temple is another important temple and contains six inscriptions of the times of Kattabomman.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thiruvaikuntam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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