Dharmanathapuram

Dharmanathapuram
Country  India
State , Region TamilNadu, Chola Nadu
District Tiruchirapalli
Division Lalgudi division [1]
Taluk Lalgudi taluk
State Assembly Constituency Lalgudi (1952 onwards)
Lok Sabha Constituency Perambalur since 2009
Government
  Type Village
  Body village panchayat
Elevation 57 m (187 ft)
Languages
  Official Tamil
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code 0431
Vehicle registration TN-48

Dharmanathapuram (தர்மநாதபுரம்) is the village near Lalgudi in Tiruchirapalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It heads the revenue village of Neikuppai south.The village of Dharmanathapuram was surrounded by fertile wet lands. The village had the population of 200.[2]

HISTORY

Dharmanathapuram was established during early British India by the then landlord Savarimuthu udayar and his son in law Y.Savarimuthu Udayar.Today the people live in Dharmanathapuram are their great grands and their martinal great grands. They all are belong to the community Parkavakulam.

Shine

St.paul of thebes chruch, Dharmanathapuram ( புனித வனத்து சின்னப்பர் ஆலயம்) is the Roman Catholic shine present in this evergreen village of dharmanathapuram. The old shine was built during last 19th century its roof is made of tile, it had a tower of about 30 ft height from ground level. Due to the building become weak and old it was demolist during 1983. The first stone is lied in 1983 for the construction of new shine, After complition in 1987, the shine was blessed and opened by Paul Arulsamy the then Bishop of kumbakonam.

Transport

Dharmanathapuram is lies in the district highway from Lalgudi Santhapettai to Dharmanathapuram. It is 8 km away from lalgudi , 4 km away from Purathakudi and 10 km from Samayapuram.

Air transport

The nearest airport is Tiruchirappalli International Airport [3] just 25 km from Dharmanathapuram.

Railway

The nearest railway stations are mandurai, valadi and lalgudi railway station.

References

  1. "Residents question move to locate Marungapuri taluk office at Kallupatti". The Hindu. 21 June 2013.
  2. "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.
  3. "Airports Authority of India". Aai.aero. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
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