Viluppuram (also spelled as
Villupuram and Vizhupuram) is the capital of
Viluppuram district, the largest district in the state of
Tamil Nadu, India.
The town serves as a major railway junction, and
National Highway 45 passes through it. With agriculture as its main source of income, Viluppuram's literacy rate has improved since the early
1980s to about 75%. In
2011, Viluppuram 's population stood at 96,253.
Viluppuram is located in the far southeast part of
India,[2] 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of the
Bay of Bengal.[3] The area contains metamorphic rocks formed by pressure and heat belonging to the granite-like gneiss family. There are also three major groups of sedimentary rocks, layers of particles that settled in different geological periods.[4]
Kalrayan Hills forest park is located 116 kilometres (72 mi) to the west and
Gingee Hills forest park 50 kilometres (31 mi) to the north. The Thatagiri Murugan
Temple is about 191 kilometres (
119 mi) to the southeast in
Senthamangalam with the
Lord Siva temple in Koppampatti 153 kilometres (95 mi) southwest of the town.[3] Viluppuram's
GPS location is 11° 56'
N 79° 29' .
Places of interest in the area
Gingee Fort is well known for its history and stone architecture.
Lakshmi Narasimar Temple, Parikkal 27km
Angalamman Temple, Mel Malayanur 50 km Ramar Temple(1500 years), Kappiyampuliyur Murugan Temple,
Mailam Lakshmi Narasimar Temple, Abishekapakkam Panayapuram Panagaateswan temple (10 km) Lakshmi Narasimar Temple, Poovarasankuppam Saneeswaran & Anjaneyar Temple, Kalpattu Ulagalantha
Perumal (Sri Trivikraman temple),
Tirukoilur (37 km), Chinnamailam (New ottananthal) Arulmigu Subramaniya Temple, Tirukoilur 16 km
Sivan Temple,
Porur (Thirkkai Atthiyur) Nagamman Temple, Thumbur Sivan Temple, Thiruvennai
Nallur
• sivan temple,arasamanglam,villupuram. • famous angalaman and perumal temple.arsamanglam,villupuram Sivan Temple, Vllupuram Sivan Temple, Thiruvamathur Umiya Jamia
Pallivasal Thowheeth mosque,
Ahle hadees Pallivasal Haj Mansoorsha
Jumma Mosque St. James Church are other worship places.
Transport
Viluppuram is well connected by roads to major cities and to the rest of the state. Villupuram has the longest
National roads of any district in
Tamil Nadu. The major national highways of the town are:
NH 45, which connects
Chennai to
Theni, via Viluppuram–
Tiruchirapalli–Dindigul-Periyakulam (four-lane)
NH 45A, which connects Viluppuram to
Nagapattinam via
Pondicherry and
Cuddalore (two-lane)
NH 234, which Connects Villupuram to
Mangalore via Thiruvannaamalai-Vellore–
Gudiyatham (two-lane)
NH 45C, which connects (Villupuram)
Vikravandi to
Thanjavur via
Panruti–
Neyveli–
Kumbakonam and intersects with NH 45A in Koliyanur, about 5 km from Viluppuram.
Besides the above-mentioned national highways, several state highways also run through the district and town.
Viluppuram is also the headquarters of the
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (
TNSTC) – Villuppuram division (the erstwhile
Thanthai Periyar Transport Corporation [TPTC]). It is one of the four Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation divisions serving the state.
Viluppuram Railway Junction
Viluppuram has a well-known railway station.It was first built under the
British .The Viluppuram Railway Junction at Viluppuram serves as the distribution
point of rail traffic from Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu, towards the southern part of the state. It is one of the important junctions in Tamil Nadu. Five railway lines branch out of Viluppuram:
Electrified BG (
Broad Gauge) line towards
Chennai Beach and Electrified MG (
Metre Gauge) line (via –
Tindivanam) towards
Tambaram (closed for traffic now for
Unigauge gauge conversion) Electrified BG (Broad Gauge) line towards Tiruchirapalli
Junction via Vriddachalam Junction and
Ariyalur.
Electrification work was completed in 2009. Also called "
Chord line" to Tiruchirapalli. Non electrified BG (
Broad gauge) line towards Tiruchirapalli Junction via Cuddalore
Port Junction,
Mayiladuthurai Junction, Kumbakonam and Thanjavur Under electrification BG (Broad gauge) line towards
Katpadi Junction via
Tiruvannamalai and
Vellore Cantonment Electrified BG (Broad Gauge) line to Pondicherry.
Gauge conversion was underway in
2010, making rail traffic even heavier.
Viluppuram railway station is undergoing a massive infrastructure upgrade to handle this traffic.
The nearest airport is
Pondicherry Airport at Pondicherry, in
Puducherry, approximately 40 km from Viluppuram. Pondicherry Airport is connected to
Bangalore by commercial airlines.
The nearest major airport is the
Chennai International Airport (
MAA), approximately
147 km from the town; the next closest major airport is
Tiruchirapalli Airport, approximately 160 km from .
- published: 12 May 2015
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