Veeracholapuram

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Veeracholapuram
Veerasozhapuram
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Veeracholapuram
Coordinates: 11°56′39″N79°17′38″E / 11.9442594°N 79.2940003°E / 11.9442594; 79.2940003
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Kallakurichi
Taluka Villupuram
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
605755
Telephone code04146
Vehicle registration TN-21

Veeracholapuram is a village located near Kallakurichi in Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India. [1] [2] [3]

Temples

Veeracholapuram is also notable for the Brindavana of Satyanatha Tirtha, a Hindu saint and pontiff of Uttaradi Matha of Dvaita Order of Vedanta, who took samadhi in the year 1674 on the bank of river Dakshina Pinakini in this village. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Census of India, 1991: Tamil Nadu, Volume 21. Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu-Controller of Publications. 1991. p. 198.
  3. "Viluppuram district- Kandachipuram Talu" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  4. C. M. Padmanabhacharya (1983). Life and teachings of Sri Madhvachariar. p. 1.
  5. B. N. Krishnamurti Sharma (2000). History of the Dvaita School of Vedānta and Its Literature: From the Earliest Beginnings to Our Own Time. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 512. ISBN   978-8120815759.