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Tirupathur or Tirupattur is the headquarters of Tirupathur district in the state of Tamil Nadu in India and is one of the oldest inhabited places in the state, with a history of over 1,600 years. The town is known for an abundance of sandalwood in the surrounding hills. It is located about from Vellore, from Hosur, from Dharmapuri, from Krishnagiri, from Thiruvannamalai, from coimbatore , from Chennai, and from Bangalore.

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Place details

Locality
Pudukottai
Region
Tamil Nadu
Country
India
Population
64,125
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Tirupathur
Settlement.native_name_lang
Tamil
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
yelagiri.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
View from Yelagiri hill station
Settlement.nickname
Sandal City
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
Tirupattur
Settlement.government_type
Municipal
Settlement.governing_body
Tirupathur Municipality
Settlement.leader_title
Chairman
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
India
Elevation
387
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Image
Yelagiri.jpg
Dialing code
04179
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postal code
635601
Commons category
Tirupathur
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
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  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Demographics
  • Politics
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  • References
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Tirupathur or Tirupattur is the headquarters of Tirupathur district in the state of Tamil Nadu in India and is one of the oldest inhabited places in the state, with a history of over 1,600 years. The town is known for an abundance of sandalwood in the surrounding hills. It is located about from Vellore, from Hosur, from Dharmapuri, from Krishnagiri, from Thiruvannamalai, from coimbatore , from Chennai, and from Bangalore.

==History== From inscriptions surveyed by the Archaeological Survey of India in Tirupathur, it is estimated that the town is more than 1,600 years old. Under the Chola, Vijayanagara, and Hoysala dynasties, the town was variously called Sri Mathava Chaturvedi Mangalam, Veera Narayana Chaturvedi Mangalam, Tiruperur, Brahmapuram and Brahmeeswaram.

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

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