Vedaranyam
Sign in to saveVedaranyam () (also spelt as Vedaraniam and Vedaranniyam) is a municipality in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is named after the presiding deity of the Vedaranyeswarar Temple. The recorded history of Vedaranyam is known from medieval Chola period of the 9th century and has been ruled, at different times, by the Medieval Cholas, Later Cholas, Later Pandyas, Vijayanagar Empire and the British. During India's independence struggle, C. Rajagopalachari, who would later become independent India's first Governor-General, launched a salt march in Vedaranyam parallel
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Place details
- Locality
- Vedaranyam
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India
- Population
- 34,266
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Vedaranayam
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vedaranyam stubi.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- A pillared memorial within a small walled enclosure
- Settlement.image_caption
- Salt Sathyagraga Memorial Stupa – a memorial of the historic salt march carried out in Vedaranyam in 1930
- Settlement.imagesize
- 175px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Vedaranyam, Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tamil Nadu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Nagapattinam district
- Area
- +36.26
- Elevation
- +0
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Vedaranyam stubi.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology and legend
- History
- Geography
- Demographics and economy
- Municipal administration and politics
- Landmarks
- Transport, education and utility services
- Notes
- Footnotes
- Citations
- References
- External links
Vedaranyam () (also spelt as Vedaraniam and Vedaranniyam) is a municipality in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is named after the presiding deity of the Vedaranyeswarar Temple. The recorded history of Vedaranyam is known from medieval Chola period of the 9th century and has been ruled, at different times, by the Medieval Cholas, Later Cholas, Later Pandyas, Vijayanagar Empire and the British. During India's independence struggle, C. Rajagopalachari, who would later become independent India's first Governor-General, launched a salt march in Vedaranyam parallel to the Dandi March launched by Gandhi in 1930 to protest against the sales tax levied on salt extraction.
Vedaranyam comes under the Vedaranyam assembly constituency which elects a member to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly once every five years and it is a part of the Nagapattinam (Lok Sabha constituency) which elects its Member of Parliament (MP) once in five years. The town is administered by the Vedaranyam municipality, which covers an area of . As of 2011, the town had a population of 34,266. Vedaranyam was a part of Thanjavur District till 1991 and Nagapattinam District from then on. The town is a part of the fertile Cauvery delta region, but salt extraction and prawn cultivation are the major occupations. Roadways are the major mode of transportation to Vedaranyam and the nearest Airport is Tiruchirapalli Airport, located away from the town. On 17 November 2018, Vedaranyam was devastated by Cyclone Gaja.