Cheyyar

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Tamil Nadu • India
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Location of Cheyyar
Coordinates: 12°39′29″N 79°32′33″E / 12.658, 79.5424
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
• Elevation
• 99 m (325 ft)
District(s) Tiruvanamalai
Population 46,738 (2001)
Municipal chairman
Parliamentary constituency Arakkonam
Assembly constituency Cheyyar
Codes
• Telephone
• Vehicle
• +91(0)4182
• TN25
Website: www.cheyyar.com/

Coordinates: 12°39′29″N 79°32′33″E / 12.658, 79.5424

Cheyyar also known as Tiruvettipuram (செய்யாறு (அ) திருவத்திபுரம்)or Thiruvathipuram is a town in the Tiruvannamalai District near Kanchipuram in the Tamil Nadu state of South India. It gets its name from the Cheyyar River. The town has an ancient temple called Vedapureeswarar temple situated on the banks of the river.[1]

There is a legend that Thirugnana Sambandar, one of the four great saivite saint visited the temple and changed a male palm tree to flower by singing verses in Tamil.[2]


It has been in North Arcot District(Currently Vellore District) until Tiruvannamalai district was formed. Cheyyar has a sub collector office and is the second largest town in Tiruvannamalai District. It is well connected from Chennai by road. It is 30km south of Kanchipuram.

This town has a Government Arts College from the early 1970's.

The chief occupation of the people is Agriculture and Handlooming. Also the Rice mills are very popular in cheyyar. The Cheyyar co-operative sugars one of the largest sugar mill in the country is situated near the town.

Cheyyar came into the radar of the Industrialization following the establishment of the industrial complex by the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) Limited [3]. Since the investment hot-spots such as Sriperumbudur and Oragadam is getting over crowded cheyyar became the alternative choice. This is evidenced by the recent announcements of Sector specific Hi-Tech SEZ for Automative (300 acres), electronic hardware park (300 acre) and the commitment from the Taiwanese Shoe Company to set up its unit [4].

Vedathiri Maharishi's Vaazhga Valamudan Yoga Center with its four branches functions at Cheyyar. People in communities in and around Cheyyar participate in the free Yoga training classes conducted by these centers[5].

[edit] References

  1. ^ temple. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
  2. ^ Thiruvathipuram (Cheyyar) - (Vedapureeswarar Temple). Retrieved on 2006-09-24.
  3. ^ SIPCOT cheyyar.
  4. ^ SEZ cheyyar.
  5. ^ Vethathiri Maharishi - Thiruvannamalai centers.
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Alternate name of the town is indicated as Thiruvathipuram, which is not correct. It is Thiruvathipuram or Tiruvetipuram (as the postal cancellation stamp indicates). I was born in this town and hence it is my duty to set the records right. It's correct ancient name is thiruvothur.