Agarathur Explained

Agarathur
Native Name Lang:ta
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:India Tamil Nadu#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates:11.0067°N 79.4006°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Tamil Nadu
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Thanjavur
Leader Title:selvam
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Tamil
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30

Agarathur is a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu.

Agarthur is a village near Kumbakonam. It is in Thanjavur district. It is an agriculture village. It has the famous Mahasakthi Mariyamman temple in South Street of Agarathur. The village's people are mostly agriculture workers and engineers. The village has four streets and 700 people. The area of the village is acres. Two types of people there are Padaiyachi and Parayar. The village temples are Mariyamman, Murugan, Pillaiyar, Muniswarar, Ayyanar,Pidariamman, Sivan and Perumal. It has two pools called Tamil: Kilakolam and Tamil: Melakolam in Tamil. Temple ceremonies happen once yearly. It is a famous temple ceremony for the surrounding 10 villages. Ceremony types are Sanskrit: palkudam, Sanskrit: kaavadi, Sanskrit: annathanam, Sanskrit: sedalthiruvila, Sanskrit: maavilakku, Sanskrit: arichandhiranadakam. Amman roam four streets 8 days and nights, and the last day and full night they roam with some kacheri like kuravan kurathi, dhenampettai thappu, etc,.

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