Puthur, Tiruchirappalli

Puthur (also spelt as Pootoor in early records[1]) is a part of the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India.

The Bishop Heber College and the headquarters of the Tiruchi Co-Operative Bank are located here. The famous goddess Kulumaye amman goat blood sacrifice festival is celebrated in this village during Maasi (a Tamil month, corresponding to March).

Notes
  1. Ranking, J. L. (1867). Report upon the military and civil station of Trichinopoly. p. 45.


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