Tirukoilur
Sign in to saveTirukoilur also spelt as Tirukkoyilur or Tirukovilur is a Town and the Headquarters of Tirukoilur taluk in villupuram District, Tamil Nadu, India. This town is located on the southern bank of Thenpennai River and famous for the Ulagalantha Perumal Temple, the Veerateeswarar Temple and the Kabilar Kundru. Tirukoilur is located on the highway connecting cities of Tiruvannamalai and Vellore with Southern Tamil Nadu. The town is served by Tirukoilur railway station (formerly, Arakandanallur Thirukovilur railway station).
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- Locality
- Deviyagaram
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India
- Population
- 30,212
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.name
- Thirukovilur
- Settlement.other_name
- Thirukoilure Thirukkovalur Tirukkoyilur
- Settlement.nicknames
- Koval, Temple City
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality Administration
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ulagalantha perumal.j.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ulagalantha Perumal Temple
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_alt
- Thirukovilur
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Tamil Nadu, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- villupuram district
- Settlement.named_for
- Temples And Heritage Town
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality Government Of Tamilnadu
- Settlement.governing_body
- Commissioner Government
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Viluppuram district
- Elevation
- 73
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Thirukovilur temple view.jpg
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- Tirukoyilur
- postal code
- 605757
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Demographics
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Tirukoilur also spelt as Tirukkoyilur or Tirukovilur is a Town and the Headquarters of Tirukoilur taluk in villupuram District, Tamil Nadu, India. This town is located on the southern bank of Thenpennai River and famous for the Ulagalantha Perumal Temple, the Veerateeswarar Temple and the Kabilar Kundru. Tirukoilur is located on the highway connecting cities of Tiruvannamalai and Vellore with Southern Tamil Nadu. The town is served by Tirukoilur railway station (formerly, Arakandanallur Thirukovilur railway station).
Vanavan Mahadevi, the mother of Rajaraja Chola I, was born as a Tamil princess of Chera dynasty in Tirukoilur.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tirukoilur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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