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| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District(s) | Salem |
| Population | 6,749 (2001[update]) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
Vanavasi (Tamil: வனவாசி) is a town panchayat in Mettur taluk, Salem district, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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Vanavasi is a town panchayat popular for the hand loom silk sarees and its temples.Vanavasi is the famous place in Salem District for Silk sarees.Power looms factories also there in vanavasi.Powerlooms are involved in synthtic saree manufacturing. Among the diverse castes, Devanga Chettiar and Senguntha Mudaliyar are high in population.Every Thursday a weekly market gathers here.
There are so many temples in vanavasi.Especially Mariyamman Temple,Throwpathiyamman Temple,Muthukumarasamy Temple,Subramaniyasamy Temple,Sowdeswari Amman Temple,Omkaliamman Temple,Perumal Temple,Anjaneyar Temple,Pathrakaliyamman Temple,Muniyappan temple are very famous temples here.Every six years Throwpathiyamman Festival is celebrated here in vanavasi.Every year in the tamil month 'Aippasi' mariyamman festival is celebrated.
There are two Government schools in vanavasi.One is Elementary school and the other is Government higher secondary school.And there is a local library here in vanavasi.
In Vanavasi one ICICI bank is there. One CUB ATM is there.
From Vanavasi to Mettur the distance is 20 km; to Tharamangalam the distance is 12 km; to Jalakandapuram the distance is 8 km; to Salem the distance is 36 km; to Nangavalli the distance is 2 km.
In vanavasi there is one cinema Theatre.