Kizhanatham
Kizhanatham is a village near Palayamkottai in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu India.
Kizhanatham
Melur Kizhanatham | |
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village | |
| Country |  |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tirunelvelli |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Nearest city | Tirunelvelli |
The Pincode of Kizhanatham is 627353.
It consist of two parts Vellakovil and kizhanatham. Kizhanatham as it now stands has a very old temple dedicated to Sri Venugopalaswamy with his consorts Rukmini and Satyabhama. Unlike other Venugopalaswamy shrines, the presiding deity has his head tilted backwards, in a fully absorbed mode of flute rendition which is not seen elsewhere.
There are many famous personalities from this small hamlet, notable among them are industrialist Sri N Krishnan ("Yenkay"), Rao Bahadur Kizhanatham Anantanarayanan Krishna Aiyangar (Rao Bahadur K A Krishna Aiyangar) of Alleppey who was a very famous lawyer of the early 1900s. Alleppey Krishna Aiyangar is the founder of the famous Sanathana Dharma Vidyala (SDV) Schools (1906).