Eriyur

Eriyur is a village in Singampunari Taluk[5][6] in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu, India. It is a large village consisting of two Panchayat villages: Eriyur and Mampatti Devasthanam. The adjoining villages Valayapatti and Ulaginipatti are also administratively and culturally linked to Eriyur.[7][8][9][10] [11] [12] It is a constituent of the ancient "MayilrayanKottai Nadu" once, which was a part of 'Sivagangai Seemai'.

Eriyur
Village
Sri Malai Marundheeswarar Temple
Eriyur
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Eriyur
Eriyur (India)
Coordinates: 10.0389646°N 78.5125496°E / 10.0389646; 78.5125496
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictSivaganga
TalukSingampunari block
Government
 • TypeGrama Panchayat
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,353 [1]
Languages
 • OfficialTamil, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal Code
630566[2]
Telephone code04577[3]
Lok Sabha constituencySivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency)[4]
State Assembly ConstituencyTiruppattur (state assembly constituency, Sivaganga)

Location

It is located 26 km North from District headquarters Sivagangai. Other nearby towns are Melur and Tirupathur. It is about 8 km away from Thirukoshtiyur which has one of the 108 Divya desam temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu. S.Mampatti ( 4 km ), Namanur ( 9.2 km ), Alavakottai ( 7.1 km ), Kattanipatti ( 9.3 km ), Mallakottai ( 7 km ),Jeyankondanilai(8 km), Madagupatti ( 7.7 km ) are the nearby Villages to Eriyur. It is well connected to Tirupathur, Melur and Madurai by private and Tamil Nadu State Transport bus lines.[13]

History and people

Eriyur is a modern village with long history and deep links to heritage. It is a constituent of the ancient "MayilrayanKottai Nadu". Main occupation of the people is agriculture and trading.

Malai Marundheeswarar Temple

Main attraction of the village is the Malai Marundheeeswarar Temple (Tamil: மலை மருந்தீஸ்வரர் ஆலயம்). It is located at the top of the hill on the eastern side of the village. This temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. "Pankuni Uthiram" festival celebrated in the month of March/ April is the major annual festival in this village. It is a 10-day festival for Lord Muruga situated in the Malai Marundheeswarar temple. This festival attracts devotees from around the villages. Most of the natives living outside of the village returns home to participate in the festival. Another major festival which brings the natives back home is the Pongal festival in the month of January.

References
  1. http://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/640049-eriyur-tamil-nadu.html
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20150311143736/http://www.indiapost.gov.in/pinsearch.aspx. Archived from the original on 11 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. http://www.indiacom.com/yellowpage/stdlink.asp
  4. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090026/http://elections.tn.gov.in/pslist/english/sivaganga_eng.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "CM orders creation of five new taluks". The New Indian Express. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  6. http://www.sivaganga.tn.nic.in/Admnsetu.html
  7. http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/vill.php?dcode=23&centcode=0001&tlkname=Tirupathur#MAP
  8. http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/pr_villages.php?dc=23&tlkname=Tirupathur&region=0001&lvl=taluk&size=1200
  9. http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/blks_info.php?dcode=23&blk_name=&dcodenew=25&drdblknew=7
  10. http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/pr_villages.php?dc=23&tlkname=Singampunari&region=7&lvl=block&size=1200
  11. Sivaganga district
  12. http://www.tnrd.gov.in/databases/Villages.pdf
  13. Thirukoshtiyur


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