Tirunelveli
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city, district headquarter
(Greater Thirunelveli includes Palayamkottai,Vannaarappettai, Melapaalayam, Pettai, Perumalpuram,..)
Tirunelveli, also known as Nellai and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a city in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of the Tirunelveli District.
The Tirunelveli Sthalapurana prescribes a tradition for the origin of the name Tirunelveli. The puranic version goes that one Vedasarma, a staunch devotee of Shiva, on his pilgrimage from the North to the South was invited by Lord Shiva in his dream to his abode on the banks of the sacred river Tamiraparani. The delighted devotee came to 'Sindupoondhurai' on the banks of the river and stayed there with his family. Once there was a famine which forced Vedasarma to collect paddy by way of begging and continuing his daily prayers. One day he spread out the paddy to dry under the Sun before the Lord, and went for his ablutions in Tamiraparani. He prayed to the Lord for rain which he thought could be a remedy for the famine. His prayer was answered and when he was bathing, a thunder storm broke-out and it rained heavily. Vedasarma rushed to the place where he had spread the paddy. He witnessed a miracle. Despite rain around the area, the paddy that he had spread did not get even a single drop of rain and did not get soaked. Since then according to the purana the Town is called as “Tiru-nel-veli” (Sacred hedged paddy).
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Tirunelveli, also known as Nellai and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a city in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of the Tirunelveli District.
The Tirunelveli Sthalapurana prescribes a tradition for the origin of the name Tirunelveli. The puranic version goes that one Vedasarma, a staunch devotee of Shiva, on his pilgrimage from the North to the South was invited by Lord Shiva in his dream to his abode on the banks of the sacred river Tamiraparani. The delighted devotee came to 'Sindupoondhurai' on the banks of the river and stayed there with his family. Once there was a famine which forced Vedasarma to collect paddy by way of begging and continuing his daily prayers. One day he spread out the paddy to dry under the Sun before the Lord, and went for his ablutions in Tamiraparani. He prayed to the Lord for rain which he thought could be a remedy for the famine. His prayer was answered and when he was bathing, a thunder storm broke-out and it rained heavily. Vedasarma rushed to the place where he had spread the paddy. He witnessed a miracle. Despite rain around the area, the paddy that he had spread did not get even a single drop of rain and did not get soaked. Since then according to the purana the Town is called as “Tiru-nel-veli” (Sacred hedged paddy).
www.nellai.tn.nic.in/default.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirunelveli
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 8°42'26"N 77°42'41"E
- Thoothukudi 43 km
- Thiruvananthapuram 98 km
- Kollam 132 km
- Madurai 147 km
- Kochi 227 km
- Kodungallur 254 km
- Tiruchirappalli Metro Area 261 km
- Thrissur 270 km
- Tiruppur 276 km
- Coimbatore 285 km
- Kalvath Nayagam Street 0.1 km
- Brothers of the Sacred Heart - Palayamkottai 0.4 km
- Umer Pulaver Street, Melapalayam 0.4 km
- Muslim Highier Secondary School 0.4 km
- Kurichi Agraharam 0.6 km
- kundutheru vaaikkal palam. 0.6 km
- Periya kothba Pallivasal North East Street (Athiyadi East Street) 0.7 km
- Bharathiyar Puram 0.8 km
- Ganeshapuram 0.9 km
- Melapalayam 1.4 km
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