Thottiyam

Thottiyam
city
Thottiyam
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 10°59′00″N 78°20′00″E / 10.9833°N 78.3333°E / 10.9833; 78.3333Coordinates: 10°59′00″N 78°20′00″E / 10.9833°N 78.3333°E / 10.9833; 78.3333
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruchirappalli
Population (2001)
 • Total 13,757
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration TN-48

Thottiyam is a panchayat town in Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thamilselvi Thirugnanam is the current President of Thottiyam. It is situated 60 km north-west of Tiruchirapalli on Tiruchy-Namakkal State Highway (SH-25) and further it connects Namakkal-Salem-Bangalore National Highway ( NH 7). It is located near the Kaveri River, about 12 km north-west of Musiri.The name of the town is said to derive from the large number of Mutharaiyars andThottiya Nayakar caste peoples living there.[1] Koranganatha Temple located in the outskirts of the town is a historic temple built during the Chola period in the 10th century.[2]

Madurai Kali Amman Temple and its history

The main temple of this small town is Madurai Kali Amman, and the main festival in March is worth visiting and watching. This goddess is consider Kannagi or (Kannaki) (Tamil: கண்ணகி), a legendary Tamil woman, is the central character of the South Indian epic Silapathikaram. Legend has it that Kannagi took revenge on the king of Madurai, for a mistaken death penalty imposed on her husband Kovalan, by cursing the city with disaster and then came to Thottiyam. Locals consider her to be a very powerful and kind goddess and people from various districts come to offer their prayers to her.

About 500 years back King Esanakarayar ruled this area. Chinnan, a servant who worked in his stable, wants to go to Kali Festival at Madurai. He got permission from the King and he went to Madurai with his "Parai", a musical drum and stayed at his brothers-in-law's houses. Next day he went to Kali temple and began to play "Parai" rhythmically. Goddess Kali admired by the music of Chinnan and followed him back to Thottiyam and Goddess Kali seated under the "Vanni" tree. Later a temple was constructed by Pujankrayar at this place. This temple is surrounded by lush green fields. There is a three-tier tower, 27-pillar mandapam and a five-pillar Arthamandapam gives notorious look to this temple. Many beautiful sculptures are carved inside the temple. The name of the Goddess is Madurai Kaliamman and the Thalavirusham is "Vanni" tree.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[3] Thottiyam had a population of 23,357. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Thottiyam has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 66%. In Thottiyam, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Main Occupation

Thottiyam is essentially an agricultural area; its main crops are paddy, plantains and petals. Large quantities of plantains and petals are sent to other States, including exports to Middle East. Thottiyam is one largest producer of Banana Fruit in Tamilnadu. Banana is one of the fruit with short life span of few days. The Banana Farmers in this region faced frequent issue of price drop and wastage due to short life span to over come this issue the farmers of Thottiyam region formed a farmers self help group known as Thottiam Banana Producer Group to produce value added products from Banana under the brand name of Madhur Fruits and producing Solar dried banana, Banana Chocolates, Banana Cookies and Banana Powders from fresh bananas. This products were marketed under brand name of Madhur Fruits and available throughout India and outside of India.

Road Transport Facility

Thottiyam is on the State Highway (SH-25), which connects, Tiruchirappalli and Namakal. There are frequent buses to Musiri, Tiruchirappalli, Namakkal, Erode, Salem and Bangalore. Every 5 minutes once, you will get a bus either to Tiruchirappalli side or Namakkal Side.

There is a Bus Stand at Thottiyam. But majority buses will not go inside the Bus Stand. Only the local village buses which stops for more than half an hour will go in to the bus stand. So, everybody has to wait outside the bus stand to get the main route buses at Thottiyam.

There are 2 Bus Stops at Thottiyam. one at the Bus Stand and another at Police Station. Normally buses are over crowded and getting seat will be difficult. Now the 3rd Bus Stop is developing at Union Office, which is just 1 km from Thottiyam.

Nearest Airport and Railway Station

  • The nearest airport is in Tiruchirapalli.
  • The Kulitalai Railway Station serves Thottiyam.

Nearby Tourist Destinations

  • Sri. Madhurakaliyammam Kovil—thottiyam, Temple
  • Sri Analantieswarar Kovil (SIVAN KOVIL), Thottiyam
  • Thiru Narayana Puram --- just 4 km west of Thottiyam, a Temple Village on the Banks of River Kaveri
  • Samayapuram Mariamman Temple, Tiruchirappalli
  • Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple and temple museum at Srirangam - Trichy
  • Anjaneyar Temple at Namakkal
  • Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary in Perambalur District.
  • Punithamariyannai Church

Schools and Colleges

Thottiyam has 2 Government High Schools, one for Boys and another for Girls.

  • Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Kosavampatty, Thottiyam Seventhipatty Road
  • Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Thottiyam Near to Bus Stand
  • Government Higher Secondary School, Balasamudram nearer to Union Office

There are also other schools in the area:-

  • Dr. V. Gengusamy Naidu Matric High School, Thottiyam nearer to Police Station
  • Kongu Nadu Educational Institution, very nearer to Elurpatti
  • Mullai Metric HSc school in between thottiyam and Elurpatti, nearer to Union Office
  • Sowdambikaa Higher Secondary School, Thottiyam
  • Sowdambikaa Matric. Hr. secondary School, Thottiyam
  • New Mullai High School, Thottiyam ( A Unit of Sowdambikaa Group of Schools)
  • St. Mary's High School, Near to Police Station, Thottiyam
  • Tamil University Study Centre, Microworld Computers, Near Police Station, Thottiyam.
  • Vertri Vinayaga Polytechnic, nearer to Union Office, Thottiyam.
  • Dr. G.Viswanatham pillai matric school thottiyam

Thottiyam is a Block and Taluk

Thottiyam is a Block under the Panchayat System and it is having the Union Office for a very long period, may be since 1960s. In the Union Office, Block Development works are planned and done for the Thottiyam and nearby villages.

Up to now (2007–2008), Thottiyam was a Town attached with the Musiri Taluk. Now Thottiyam itself is a Taluk. The Taluk office will be built on the Salem Main Road after the Union Office. Thottiyam current town punchayat president is Thamilselvi Thirugnanam.

Bank Facility

Thottiyam has 4 major Banks. These Banks mainly deal with the Agriculturist and taking care of their Loan Requirements for their Agriculture related development activities. (Agriculture and Jewellery Loans are Popular)

  • Lakshimi Vilas Bank(04324 280313)&(9489489007)
  • Indian Overseas Bank
  • Agricultural Co-operative Bank
  • State Bank of India
  • Canara Bank.
  • Equitas Small Finance bank.

Politics

Thottiyam current town punchayat president is Thamilselvi Thirugnanam. Thottiyam assembly constituency was a part of Karur (Lok Sabha constituency) and recently merged with the Perambalur (Lok Sabha constituency). The election commission has decided to merge the state assembly constituency of Thottiam with the Musiri constituency, political observers fear that it may affect the identity of this constituency. [4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/madras-india--state/trichinopoly-volume-1-rda/page-33-trichinopoly-volume-1-rda.shtml
  2. ↑ "Koranganatha Temple - Srinivasanallur". Government of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  4. ↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
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