Kodiakkarai also called Point Calimere or Cape Calimere, is a low headland of the Coromandel Coast, in the Nagapattinam district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Cape is located about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south of Vedaranyam in the delta region of the Cauvery River, and marks a nearly right-angle turn in the coastline. The antiquity of the area is evidenced by the Kodi Kuzhagar temple built during the Chola period, and a Chola lighthouse, which was destroyed in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Nagapattinam district is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Nagapattinam district was carved out by bifurcating the erstwhile composite Thanjavur district on 19 October 1991. The town of Nagapattinam is the district headquarters. As of 2011, the district had a population of 697,069 with a sex-ratio of 1,025 females for every 1,000 males. Until Mayiladuthurai district was created out of it on 24 March 2020, Nagapattinam was the only discontiguous district in Tamil Nadu.
Thalainayar is a panchayat town in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is near Vedaranyam. It is famous for its Agraharam street, which has a Ram and Siva temple.
Vedaranyam is a town 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.
East Coast Road (ECR), combination of SH-49, NH-332A, NH-32, officially known as Mutthamizh Arignar Kalaignar Road, is a two-lane highway in Tamil Nadu, India, built along the coast of the Bay of Bengal connecting Tamil Nadu's state capital city Chennai with Kanyakumari via Puducherry, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Sirkali, Thirukkadaiyur, Tharangambadi, Karaikal, Nagore, Nagapattinam, Thiruthuraipoondi, Muthupet, Adirampattinam, Manora, Manamelkudi, Mimisal, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tiruchendur, Uvari, Kudankulam. The total length of the road is about 777 km between Chennai and Kanyakumari.
Pushpavanam is a village in Vedaranyam subdistrict in Nagapattinam District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Thopputhurai, formerly known as Sethumadavapuram, is a town on the south eastern coast of Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu, India.
Katharipulam ( கத்தரிப்புலம்) is a village in south India, under the administration of the Vedaranyam taluk, and located in the Nagapattinam District in the state of Tamil Nadu. The local language is Tamil. The village population is about 7292, and the village occupies an area of around 25 km2 (10 sq mi). It is about 10 km (6 mi) north west of Vedaranyam and about 35 km (22 mi) south of Velankanni Town, a famous Christian holy place. The postal index number (PIN) is 614808.
Kovilpathu is a village in the Vedaranyam taluk of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, India. Current Panchayath president is Aanandhi Sarabojirajan. The name Kovil pathu name comes from ‘Kuvalai Pathiram’. In the Mahabharata, rishi Durvasa came to the residence of the Pandava to have lunch. But the Akshaya Patra, the vessel that could provide unlimited food, had one limitation that it could be used only once a day, and it had been done so. Draupadi, not knowing what to do, prayed to Krishna who took from the pot, a single grain of rice and ate it. Since the rice was offered with genuine devotion, Krishna’s stomach was completely filled by just that one grain of rice, and so was Durvasa’s stomach.
Vedaranyam is a legislative assembly constituency in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This constituency comprises Vedharanyam and Thalaignayiru Panchayat union. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
S. K. Vedarathinam is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Vedaranyam constituency in 1996, 2001, 2006 elections. He won 3 consecutive elections in Vedaranyam constituency. Later he joined BJP and is a former nation executive member of BJP |2011 election]]. He is one among the 11 State secretaries of BJP, Tamilnadu during his involvement with BJP. He again joined DMK on 22.07.2020 with his followers. He was National General Council member of BJP at the time he joined back to DMK in 2020.
Adhanur is a village in the Vedaranyam taluk of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, India.
M.S.Manickam was an Indian politician, businessman, farmer, and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu better known locally as MSM.
Vedaranyam block is a revenue block in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, India. There are a total of 36 panchayat villages in this block.
Vedaranyeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva, located in the town of Vedaranyam in Tamil Nadu, India. Vedaranyeswarar is revered in the 7th century Tamil Shaiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the Nayanars and classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam. It is the only temple to have found mention in all the seven Thirumurais. The temple is famed for the legend between the saints Appar and Sambandar when the former sang to open the door while the latter sang to close the door.
N. V. Kamaraj is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Vedaranyam constituency. He represented the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party.
Thagattur is a Panchayat village in Vedaranyam Taluk, Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu, India.
The Vedaranyam March was a framework of the nonviolent civil disobedience movement in British India. Modeled on the lines of Dandi March, which was led by Mahatma Gandhi on the western coast of India the month before, it was organised to protest the salt tax imposed by the British Raj in the colonial India.
Vedaratnam Appakutti Pillai was an Indian freedom fighter, social worker and the co-founder of Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust, a non profit non governmental organization working for the welfare of women in the rural areas of Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Ezhumesvaramudayar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located at Koyirkkulam in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, India.
