Tiruvalur
Tiruvalur, 1908
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Town in the Negapatam taluk of Tanjore District, Madras, situated in io° 46' N. and 79° 39' E., at the junction of the Tanjore-Negapatam branch of the South Indian Railway with the District board railway. Population (1901), 15,436. Until i860 it was the head-quarters of a separate taluk. At present a deputy- tahsllddr and a District Munsif are stationed here. A European firm owns a rice-mill in the town, and a flourishing high school is maintained by the taluk board. There is also a richly-endowed temple, which is largely attended by pilgrims during the annual festival in the hot season, the sacred car being the largest in the District. The temple is picturesquely situated on the eastern bank of a large square tank, which has fine flights of stone steps leading down to the water and a small island-temple in its centre. The shrine of Achaleswara contains inscriptions of the Chola kings Rajaraja and Rajendra, as well as some records of the later rulers of this dynasty, and of the Pandyas.
