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Tiruvannamalai

History And Geography

    Tiruvannamalai District is known for eternal peace and divine with the proud possession of the  sacred shrine of Lord Arunachaleswara and Ashrams. It had started functioning as a separate district from 30th September 1989, on bifurcation of the erstwhile North Arcot District.

    Tiruvannamalai District came into existence on 30th September 1989 after the bifurcation of the erstwhile North Arcot District.  The District lies between 11° 55' and 13° 15' North latitude and 78° 20' to 79° 50' East longitude. The district is bounded on the north and west by Vellore District, on the southwest by Dharmapuri District, on the south by Villupuram District and on the east by Kanchipuram District.

Agriculture

    Red Loam Small patches in the Taluks of Tiruvannmalai, Chengam and Polur

     Laterite Soil

     Black Soil-Tiruvannamalai, Chengam, Polur, Arni,

    Cheyyar and Vandawasi

     Sandy Coastal Alluvium  Nil

     Red Sandy Soil  Nil

Transport

Tourism

    Tiruvannamalai-Sri ArunachaleswararTemple Ramnashramam Seshathri ashramam ,Ramsurath kumar yogi ashramam

    Thandrampat -Sathanur  dam

    Polur-Padavedu Sri  Renugambal temple, Sambuvarayar Fort, 

    Sri Venugopalaswamy temple, Senbhagathoppu Dam

    Kalasapakkam- Vilvarani-Star Temple, Parvathamalai Shiva Temple, Miruganda Dam

     Jawadhu hills  -Beema falls, Kolappan lake(Boating),   Amirthi zoo

     Chetpat Thurumalai-Jain Temple,  Loorthu Matha Church 

     Vandavasi-Thennangur  Sri  Panduranga  Temple