Karaikal
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town, district headquarter
The Karaikal Municipality has population of 86,838 (2011)
The Union Territory of Pondicherry constituted out of the four erstwhile French establishments of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam. Karaikal region is embedded in the Nagappattinam and Tiruvarur District of Tamil Nadu State.
Karaikal is located at the centre with the communes of Kottucherry on the north, Nedungadu on the northwest, Tirunallar on the west, Neravy and Tirumalairayanpattinam on the south.
Karaikal town about 16 km. north of Nagappattinam and 9 km.south of Tarangambadi is the regional headquarters.
This Karaikal area formed an integral part of the Pallava kingdom in the eighth century(C 731-796). Poet Sekkizhar (992-1042) describes the town as "vanga malik kadar karaikal", the 'Karaikal of many vessels on the coast' in his Peria puranam. In that the poet relates the life story of one Punithavathiar who abandoned the pleasures of material life and devoted herself entirely to a life of prayer and penance to signify her devotion to Lord Siva. He called her 'Karaikal Ammayar', conveniently after the town which must have been famous already.
The Union Territory of Pondicherry constituted out of the four erstwhile French establishments of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam. Karaikal region is embedded in the Nagappattinam and Tiruvarur District of Tamil Nadu State.
Karaikal is located at the centre with the communes of Kottucherry on the north, Nedungadu on the northwest, Tirunallar on the west, Neravy and Tirumalairayanpattinam on the south.
Karaikal town about 16 km. north of Nagappattinam and 9 km.south of Tarangambadi is the regional headquarters.
This Karaikal area formed an integral part of the Pallava kingdom in the eighth century(C 731-796). Poet Sekkizhar (992-1042) describes the town as "vanga malik kadar karaikal", the 'Karaikal of many vessels on the coast' in his Peria puranam. In that the poet relates the life story of one Punithavathiar who abandoned the pleasures of material life and devoted herself entirely to a life of prayer and penance to signify her devotion to Lord Siva. He called her 'Karaikal Ammayar', conveniently after the town which must have been famous already.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaikal
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 10°55'19"N 79°50'16"E
- Mysuru 392 km
- Kochi 409 km
- Guntur 611 km
- Warangal 798 km
- Visakhapatnam 847 km
- Karimnagar 849 km
- Pune 1077 km
- Nagpur 1155 km
- Nashik 1212 km
- Surat 1380 km
- S.A. Nagar 0.5 km
- Pasumponn Nagar 0.6 km
- PSR Nagar 1.1 km
- Ganapathi Nagar 1.3 km
- Garbage Dump 1.4 km
- Aringar Anna Government Arts College - Nehru Nagar Karaikal 2 km
- Tsunami Housing 2.1 km
- Nehru Nagar 2.2 km
- Tsunami Housing 2.5 km
- Karaikal District (Puducherry U.T.) 5.7 km
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