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== Main Areas ==
== Main Areas ==
Sathyamoorthy Bazaar, Kasukadai Bazaar,
Sathyamoorthy Bazaar, Kasukadai Bazaar,
Chockalingapuram, Southstreet,Telephone Road.
Chockalingapuram, Southstreet,Telephone Road.muslim north street,chinna pallivasal valavantha puram,quiethe millath main and East street


== Shri Arulmigu Sokkanathar Swami Temple==
== Shri Arulmigu Sokkanathar Swami Temple==

Revision as of 09:07, 18 December 2009

Aruppukkottai
Aruppukottai
town
Map
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
84,029

Aruppukottai (Template:Lang-ta) is a town and a municipality in Virudhunagar district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is in the middle of Madurai-Tuticorin National Highways NH-45B. Distance between Aruppukottai and Madurai is just 45 km. We can reach the Temple city Madurai within one hour from Aruppukottai. Sri Ramana Maharishi was born in Tiruchuli near Aruppukottai town. The name evolved from 'Arumbu Kottai' which means Fort of Jasmines. The small villages & towns surrounding Aruppukottai are famous for production of Jasmine flowers. It is also called as United Streets of Aruppukottai (USA). In every public exams, Aruppukottai Educational District occupies the first position in overall pass percentage. Dr. M.G.Ramachandran was elected from Aruppukottai.

Geography

Aruppukottai is located at 9°31′N 78°06′E / 9.52°N 78.1°E / 9.52; 78.1.[1] It has an average elevation of 97 metres (318 feet). It has an average elevation of 97 meters above mean sea level. The climate is dry and hot, with rains during October-December. Temperatures during summer reach a maximum of 45 and a minimum of 28 degrees celsius. Winter temperatures range between 30 and 18 degrees celsius. The average annual rainfall is about 70 cm.

Areas In The City

Sathyamoorthy Bazaar, Main Bazzaar, Kasukadai Bazaar, Nadar West & East street are the main town areas. Chockalingapuram, Sengunthapuram, Kulandaivelpuram, Anna nagar, Aziz nagar, Periyar Nager, Periya Theru, Maravar Theru, Thammandh Theru, Kalla Theru, Puliam Patty, Chinna Puliampatti & Peria PuliamPatti, Vadugar Kottai, Velayuthapuram, Thirunagaram, Valavanthapuram, Mani Nagaram, Therku Theru, Agraharam, Ramasamy Puram, Amman Kovil Theru, Chekkadi, Palayampatty Old Jameen Palace,Kamarajar Nagar, E.B.Colony,South Street,Thirunagaram, M.D.R.Nagar.

Main Areas

Sathyamoorthy Bazaar, Kasukadai Bazaar, Chockalingapuram, Southstreet,Telephone Road.muslim north street,chinna pallivasal valavantha puram,quiethe millath main and East street

Shri Arulmigu Sokkanathar Swami Temple

Largest templest in the town suituated in Chokalingapuram. Infront of the temple there is a pond called Sarawasthi pond. In every Kartheegai month, Car festival is celebrating on the water level. In both morning & night.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[2] Aruppukottai had a population of 83,999. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Aruppukottai has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 54% of the males and 46% of females literate. 9% of the population is under 6 years of age. Prominent groups in this town are Kamma Naidus, Mudaliars (Sengunthar, Sivakalai, Kaikolan), Mukkulathor, Saliyar, Devanga, Reddiar, Pallars, Parayars, Nadars, Christians, Muslims, others.

Economy

Aruppukottai acts mainly as an Educational and Commercial hub for the surrounding villages. It is noted for its cotton industries mainly spinning mills. Rice mills and limestone industries, hand loom, power loom, printing press, and some small scale industries such as school note book and daily calendar manufacturing. Hand loom, power loom is the main job in Vellaikottai area. Saliyars, mudaliyars & chettiars hasve weaving as the main work. Major employers are spinning mills, weaving sectors (handloom & powerloom), rice mills, private transport and government sector apart from agriculture.

Aruppukottai was once known for its handloom weaving industry and for Agricultural Millets very much famous. Nowadays, we can hardly see any in-house handloom machines (Thari in Tamil) except for few pure Kanchipuram silk handlooms. Weaving industry in Aruppukottai serves mainly the Tamil Nadu Government's Free Dhotie, Saree Campaign. Agriculture is also a main concern in town areas Puliam Patty, Vadugar Kottai and surrounding village areas.

Worship Centres

Hindu Temples

  • Shri Arulmigu Sokkanathar Swami Temple, Chockalingapuram
  • Arulmigu Vazhavandamman Temple, Vellakottai
  • Arulmigu Thathankulam Vinayagar Temple, Sathyamoorthy Bazaar
  • Arulmigu Pattabiramar Kovil, Sathyamoorthy Bazaar
  • Shri Amuthalingeswarar Temple
  • Shri Muthumariamman Temple
  • Ayirangan Mariamman Temple
  • Malaiarasan Temple
  • Ramar Temple
  • Ayyappan Temple (Sree Ramakrishna Ayyappa Baktha Sabai)
  • Ramalinga Sowdambika Amman Temple
  • Kammavar Sri Pandurangan Bhajanalayam
  • Kammavar Sri Krishnan Bhajanalayam
  • Sri Sri Sri Venkatesha Perumal Ramanuja Koodam Temple
  • Sri Pampalamman Temple
  • Sri Muniappan Temple
  • shri Balanagammal Temple in Vadugarkottai

Churches

  • CSI
  • Roman Catholic
  • AG church
  • IPC
  • TPM
  • Baptist
  • LEF
  • Others

Mosques

  • Nallur Muhaideen Andavar Masjid.
  • Vazhavandhapuram Jum'ah Pallivasal

Education

Municipal Schools

  • Municipal Primary School, South Street
  • Municipal Primary School, Ramasamypuram
  • Municipal Middle School, Weavers Colony
  • Municipal Middle School, Madurai Road
  • Municipal Middle School, West Car Street

Government Aided Schools Educational institutions are maintained by the people of the town as per their requirement and needed. In this those who majority they formed Middle school level to College Levels.

  • Vellakkottai Sengunthar Primary School
  • C.S.I. Primary School, Puliampatti
  • C.S.I. Town Primary School, Pandalgudi Road
  • C.S.I. Boarding Middle School, Madurai Road
  • S.B.K. Primary School
  • Hindu Nadar Middle School
  • Devangar Primary School, South Street
  • Devangar Middle School, Puliampatti
  • Devangar Town Middle School, Telephone Road
  • Devangar Middle School, Chokkalingapuram
  • Sengunthar Thirunagaram Primary School
  • Velayuthapuram Saliar Mahajana Middle School
  • Vellakkottai Saliar Mahajana Middle School
  • Kammavar Primary School, Puliampatti
  • Kammavar Ramanujar Middle School, Puliampatti
  • Prince of Wales Institute Primary School, Pandalkudi Road
  • MECA Primary School, Valavandapuram street, Madurai Road

High Schools

  • S.T.R.N. Government High School, Pandalkudi Road
  • Sengunthar High School, Thirunagaram

Higher Secondary Schools

  • Devangar Higher Secondary School
  • Devangar Girls Higher Secondary School
  • Senghunthar Higher Secondary School, Vellaikottai
  • SBK Higher Secondary School
  • SBK Girls Higher Secondary School
  • CSI Girls Higher Secondary School
  • Saliar Mahajana Higher Secondary School
  • Al-Ameen Muslim Higher Secondary School

Nursery, Primary, Convent and Matriculation Schools

  • Kammavar Nursery and Primary school
  • Lions Junior Nursery and Primary School
  • Sri Sowdambiga Convent Matriculation School
  • Junior Cambridge Primary and Matriculation School
  • Joseph Carmel Convent Matriculation School
  • Seventhday Adventist Primary and Matriculation School
  • Sivananda Vidyalayam Matriculation School
  • K.S.S Thiagarajan Memorial Primary and Matriculation School
  • Ambigai Vidhyalaya Nursery And Primary School
  • Gandhi Vidhyalayam Matriculation School, Ramasamy Nagar
  • Bharathi Balar Primary School, Ramasamy Nagar
  • Venkateswara Vidhyalaya Nursery and Primary School, Rajiv Nagar
  • B.P.V. Sala Middle School, Palayampatti
  • Saliar Mahajana Nursery School

Colleges

  • Devanga Arts College
  • SBK Arts & Science College
  • Sree Sowdambiga College of Engineering

Polytechnic

  • Sri Sowdambika Polytechnic college

ITI

  • Sri Jayavilas Memorial Subburaj Industrial training Center, Gandhi Nagar
  • Vivekanda ITI, Kalkuruchi
  • Vinayaka ITI, Peria Vallikulam

Transportation

Aruppukottai acts as a hub connecting Madurai, Thoothukudi, Virudhunagar, and Ramanathapuram. Virudhunagar town, which is well connected by roads, is 18 km from Aruppukottai. Madurai, the second biggest city in Tamil Nadu by population, is only 49 km away. NH 45-B, an important freight-route, connecting Madurai and Thoothukkudi (4 way road in progress) runs through Aruppukottai.

There are many private bus operators who ply the routes to nearby villages. Madurai is one of the most profitable competitive destinations. Every surrounding villages connected through bus links frequently. Some of the villages have only buses for morning and evening only. Normally you can get contious buses to Madurai and other places every half an hour you can get Busses for travelling.

1. Sri Jayavilas 2. Amarnath Travels 3. Shanmugam Transport 4. Jaya Roadways 5. MMP Transport 6. Meenambigai Transport 7. PRC Transport Besides, KPN, TNSTC AC, TNSTC Hi-Tech have daily services to Chennai.

Railways

Aruppukottai has one non working Railway station because its having meter gauge only. This Railway station is now being converted to Broad Gauge railway line to Connect Virudhunagar to Manamadurai. Further more now Railway department started a Survey for Madurai to Thoothukudi Broad Gauge New railway line through Aviyoor, Kariapatti,Thonugal,Kalkurichi.

Current issues

Although it's one of the main routes for connecting the Southern Tamil Nadu with Madurai city, the road facilities within the town are poor and all main Bazzaar Is Occupied Vendors and Small Shop Owners. Roads are very narrow and riddled.If the local authority should take care on this Issue is People's request.

There was a chronic shortage of drinking water until the year 2005. After plan to bring water from Tamirabarani river has been successfully implemented, this shortage has eased to a great extent.

Although the towns schools produces a lot of top tier students who graduate in top Professional Schools every year, it still lacks any development in industrial sector. Even now one can see a student from Aruppukottai in all top professional colleges. All of them migrate to cities. This can be attributed to the lack of natural resources and water scarcity, or to the urbanization in general. These may be reasons for slow development.

Festivals

Thai Pongal

Kolam taken in a house in Aruppukottai during Thai pongal festival

During the Pongal festival kolam Rangoli is very famous in Aruppukottai. The month of "Margazhi" was eagerly awaited by young women in Aruppukottai to showcase their skills by covering the entire width of the road with one big kolam! It was indeed a test of mastery, as one cannot repeat a pattern for 30 days.

On Bhogi night, young women will be drawing kolam by spending their entire night. Next day morning they will be roaming their closest streets to see kolams in all houses.

Car Festival

Aani therottam is very famous of about thousand years at Sri Chokkanathar Samedha Meenakshi Amman Kovil at Chokkalinga Puram every year car festival is celebrated on Tamil month of Aani (June end or July first week). People go with family to temple and enjoy the festival from near by villages also, much crowd of Hindu pilgrims pray lord while at roads very Devotional function of the entire city Hindu peoples and they gave every day Mandagapadi To Temple from each castes. This is making Hindu peoples unity. During that festival the areas around the temple is like heaven. All the family members get together & attend the festival. It is the biggest function in Aruppukottai.

During this festival always exhibition is conducted in Devangar Higher Secondary School. Several entertainment programs will be there. These are conducted by all caste mambers. (Chettiars, Saliyars, Mudaliyars, Thevars etc).

Theppa Thiruvizha

Aruppukottai Theppa Thiruvizha

Aruppukottai has two theppam (artificial tanks to replenish ground water) in the center of the town. One is close to SBK schools. Another one is near to Sri Chokkanadha Samedha Meenakshi Amman Kovil, Chokkkalinga Puram. If these theppam are filled during the kaarthigai month (mid-November to mid-December), theppa thiruvizha will be celebrated here. This festival is celebrated during the Karthigai day in Karthigai month. God in a car will be floated in the theppam.

Panguni Thiruvizha

Every year Panguni Thiruvizha town festival (similar to famous Chithirai Pongal in Maduari) is celebrated here at Mariamman Temple.It features month long exhibition, people carrying Agni Chatti (fire pots) walking on fire (பூக்குழி) and many. Some people use to carry 21, 51 or 101 fire pots. During this period many migrated families to other towns and cities too return to native town to participate in the mass celebration.

Exhibition During the Panguni Thiruvizha, exhibition will be conducted in S.B.K. Higher Secondary School's playing ground which acts as a meeting ground for various relatives and friend to share their social aspects and participate and witness local Tamil Nadu's good cultural programmes. The exhibition serve to bring better bond among the various social groups of Aruppukottai town. This is being organized by Aruppukottai Nadar Uravinmurai Trust.

Cinema

Some of the cinema theatres in Aruppukottai include:

  • Tamil Mani (DTS)
  • Illaya Rani (A/C & DTS)
  • Maha Rani (DTS)
  • Lakshmi
  • Queens Nachiar (DTS)
  • Rani (DTS)

Clubs & Recreation camps

  • Aruppukottai Chamber of Commerce
  • Lions Club
  • Jaycees Club
  • Devanga Varthaga Sabai
  • Aruppukottai Town Devanga Commercial Association

For Business community Peoples meeting and any important announcements related to Business was take care by Aruppukottai Chamber of Commerce which one founded by Late Mr. Manickam Nadar and the first secretary for the Chamber Mr. Periya Karupa Nadar. Now around seven hundred members are available.

Printing Press

There are several may be 22 Printing Presses available to print Marriage Invitation, Bit Notices, Death Announcements, Wall Posters, Banners Printing, and all type of printing works. It is a supportive industry for other industries.sunday bazaar is a fortnight magazine exclusively for Aruppukottai.Sunday Bazaar first issue publuished on Nov,12,2003.today it crosses 6th year.

Industries

The town is the hub of major textile mills. Around 30-40 spinning mills are located in this locality. Major population in the town is one way or the other related to this textile mills. Also weaving is another major source of income for the people.

Politics

Aruppukkottai state assembly constituency is a part of Virudhunagar Lok Sabha Constituency.

References