Eriyur

Eriyur
Village
Sri Malai Marundheeswarar Temple of Eriyur Village in Sivagangai District
Sri Malai Marundheeswarar Temple
Eriyur
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Eriyur
Eriyur (India)
Coordinates: 10°02′20″N 78°30′45″E / 10.0389646°N 78.5125496°E / 10.0389646; 78.5125496Coordinates: 10°02′20″N 78°30′45″E / 10.0389646°N 78.5125496°E / 10.0389646; 78.5125496
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Sivaganga
Taluk Tirupattur
Population (2011)
  Total 2,353 [1]
Languages
  Official Tamil, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 630566[2]
Telephone code 04577[3]
Lok Sabha constituency Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency)[4]
State Assembly Constituency Tiruppattur (194) (State Assembly Constituency)

Eriyur is a village in Singampunari Taluk[5] [6] in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu, India. It is a large village consisting of two Panchayat villages: Eriyur and D.Mampatti. The adjoining villages Valayapatti and Ulaginipatti are also administratively and culturally linked to Eriyur.[7][8][9][10] [11] [12]

Location

It is located 26 KM North from District head quarters Sivagangai. Other nearby towns are Melur and Tirupathur. It is about 8 km away from Thirukoshtiyur which has one of the 108 Divya desam temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu. மா. இடையபட்டி (1.5KM), S.Mampatti ( 4KM ), Namanur ( 9.2 KM ), Alavakottai ( 7.1 KM ), Kattanipatti ( 9.3 KM ), Mallakottai ( 7 KM ),Jeyankondanilai(8 KM), Madagupatti ( 7.7 KM ) are the nearby Villages to Eriyur. It is well connected to Tirupathur, Melur and Madurai by private and Tamil Nadu State Transport bus lines.[13]

History and people

Eriyur is a modern village with long history and deep links to heritage. It is a constituent of the ancient "Mayilrayan Kottai Nadu". Main occupation of the people is agriculture and trading.

Malai Marundheeswarar Temple

Main attraction of the village is the Malai Marundheeswarar Temple (Tamil: மலை மருந்தீஸ்வரர் ஆலயம்). It is located at the top of the hill on the eastern side of the village. This temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. "Pankuni Uthiram" festival celebrated in the month of March/ April is the major annual festival in this village. It is a 10-day festival for Lord Muruga situated in the Malai Marundheeswarar temple. This festival attracts devotees from around the villages .Most of the natives living outside of the village returns home to participate in the festival. Another major festival which brings the natives back home is the Pongal festival in the month of January.

References

  1. http://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/640049-eriyur-tamil-nadu.html
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20150311143736/http://www.indiapost.gov.in/pinsearch.aspx. Archived from the original on 11 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. http://www.indiacom.com/yellowpage/stdlink.asp
  4. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090026/http://elections.tn.gov.in/pslist/english/sivaganga_eng.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "CM orders creation of five new taluks". The New Indian Express. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  6. http://www.sivaganga.tn.nic.in/Admnsetu.html
  7. http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/vill.php?dcode=23&centcode=0001&tlkname=Tirupathur#MAP
  8. http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/pr_villages.php?dc=23&tlkname=Tirupathur&region=0001&lvl=taluk&size=1200
  9. http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/blks_info.php?dcode=23&blk_name=&dcodenew=25&drdblknew=7
  10. http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/pr_villages.php?dc=23&tlkname=Singampunari&region=7&lvl=block&size=1200
  11. Sivaganga district
  12. http://www.tnrd.gov.in/databases/Villages.pdf
  13. Thirukoshtiyur


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