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Valamirankottai | |
|---|---|
village | |
| Country |  |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Thanjavur |
| Taluk | Thanjavur |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 1,252 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Valamirankottai is a village in the Thanjavur taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.
Thanjavur District is one of the 37 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur. The district is located in the delta of the Cauvery River and is mostly agrarian. As of 2011, Thanjavur district had a population of 2,405,890 with a sex-ratio of 1,035 females for every 1,000 males.
Tamil Nadu, is one of the 29 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian subcontinent and is bordered by the union territory of Puducherry and the South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. It is bounded by the Eastern Ghats on the north, by the Nilgiri Mountains, the Meghamalai Hills, and Kerala on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait on the southeast, and by the Indian Ocean on the south. The state shares a maritime border with the nation of Sri Lanka.
India is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
The name comes from Rajaraja cholan history. One time he was visited this place and he saw a small lake. He was removed the sword and kept in under the tree. After drink the water again take the sword, but can't take it back. Aat the same time he saw the God Sivan over the tree. So he created a Sivan temple and named the sword sit port, in Tamil Valamirankottai.[ citation needed ]
