Thiruvallur is a city and a municipality in Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Tiruvallur district. It is well known because of the Veera Raghava Swami temple which is one of the 108 sacred shrines of Vaishnavites. There is a pond nearby this temple, where the tank festival is held. There is a Siva temple near this shrine which is also quite popular among the locals. There is also a 40 feet tall Viswaroopa panchamukha Hanuman temple. We also have Sathyamoorthy Resorvoir -Poondi Dam India is subdivided into twenty-eight states and seven union territories; the states and territories are themselves further subdivided. ... The divisions of a district. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... . Thiruvallur district occupies an area of 3424 km² and has a population of 2,738,866 (as of 2001). ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Indian Standard Time (IST) is the time zone for India. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... . Thiruvallur district occupies an area of 3424 km² and has a population of 2,738,866 (as of 2001). ... India is subdivided into twenty-eight states and seven union territories; the states and territories are themselves further subdivided. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Hanuman tearing his chest open to reveal that Rama and Sita are literally in his heart Hanuman (Sanskrit: ; nominative singular ), known also as Anjaneya, is one of the most important personalities in the epic, the Ramayana. ...

The Veera Raghava Swami Temple in Tiruvallur

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Etymology

The word "Tiruvallur" is supposedly derived from the Tamil sentence "thiru evvull?" meaning, "Thiru - God, evvull - Where do I sleep. So Tiruvallur means, It is a place/town where God Sri VeeraRaghava asked Saint for a place to sleep that night. Since in Lord Veera raghava temple the prime idol is lying over the same place past 5000 years. Tamil (Thamizh) is a classical language of the Dravidian language family. ...

This temple in Tiruvallur is called as Vaidya Veera Raghavar temple. Vaidya Veera Raghavar is a god famous for his curing abilities. In this temple people donate symbols [thin small metal sheets with a specific human organ engraved on them] of humans organs as a request to god to cure the illness or problems with those organs. This is one of temple in India where Lord Vishnu can be seen in lying down position compared to other temples where the idol is in standing position.

History

In the far past, this region was under a chain of regimes commencing from the Pallavas during the 7th century ending with the Nawab of Arcot during the early part of 19th century when it came under the British rule. In 1687, the Golkonda rulers were defeated and the region came under the Moghul emperors of Delhi. The towns and villages of this region were the scene of Carnatic wars. Battles are said to have been fought in this region during the struggle for supremacy between the English and French. The town of Pulicat was the earliest Dutch possession in India founded in 1609 which was ceded to the British in 1825. With this, the region came under the British rule which ended on the 15th August, 1947 with India becoming independent. Nawabs of the Carnatic (also referred to as the Nawabs of Arcot), ruled the Carnatic region of South India between c. ...

Demographics

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Thiruvallur had a population of 45,517. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Thiruvallur has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 69%. In Thiruvallur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...

Economy

After attaining District headquarters status Town turned city is always looking up to compete Nationally. Thiruvallur houses many Industries including few Fortune 100 companies, like Coca-cola, Caterpillar, Mitsubishi car plant, TVS, Delphi.... Also in retail spending Thiruvallur emerges third in INDIA only after NOIDA & SW Delhi surpassing Bangalore,Mumbai by a clear margin. http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQkcvMjAwNi8wOC8yNCNBcjAwNzAy&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom

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