| Kovilur | |
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| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District(s) | Tiruvannamalai |
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| Parliamentary constituency | Arani |
| Assembly constituency | Cheyyar |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
• 99 metres (325 ft) |
Kovilur (கோவிலூர்), is a village in the Tiruvannamalai District near Cheyyar Town in the Tamil Nadu state of South India.
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Kovilur, as the way of representing the name Kovilur has many Temples(13 Temples). Two main temples are Sivan and Perumal, other temples are Ponni Amman, Maari Amman, Kaplaampaadi Ammai, Dhiroubathi Amman, 7. Sri Sappaani Vinayagar, Gangai Amman, Amaichaar Amman, Aanchineyar, Malayanur Amman, Earikarai Ponni Amman and Vinayagar.
The highlighting thing in Kovilur during Pongal is Mattu Pongal, i.e. the second day of Pongal. People assemble in a particular place with their bullcarts, bulls and also cows after going around (two times) the Perumal Temple. Then Lord Murugan and Lord Venkateswara are bring to that place and the awaiting peoples get Dharisanam, then go for the third round and leave back to their houses. This total action takes only one hour.
The Surasamharam Battle. After the day of Diwali as remembering the past, how the titan Suran was killed by lord Muruga is re-enacted as a drama for six days. During those days in the evening between 7 to 8 pm some of our village people acted as Lord Muruga and Titan Suran then they fight each other, on the sixth day only titan Suran was killed and to enjoy that, people use some crackers. All the peoples assemble in a particular place around 6 pm and they play games—Kabadi for men and Gummi Paattu for women until Suraamharam starts (7 pm).
On the seventh day in Eswaran temple lord Murugan's Thiru Kalyanam will take place. This seems the end of Diwali.
Kovilur is located at 12.5866°N 79.5215°E in the north eastern corner of Thiruvannamali district of Tamil Nadu. It is 100 km (60 mi) southwest of Chennai the state capital. Cheyyar and Vandavasi are the two towns which are closer to Kovilur, Cheyyar 8 km (5 mi) and Vandavasi 10 km (6 mi) away.
Kovilur has eleven streets:
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