Kizha Ambur Explained

Kizha Ambur
Native Name:Snehapuri[1]
Native Name Lang:Tamil
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Tamil Nadu#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates:8.7413°N 77.39°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Tamil Nadu
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Tenkasi
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:88
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Tamil
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:627418
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:(91)4634
Registration Plate:TN-76,TN-72

Kizha Ambur also known as Keela Ambur is an ancient village situated close to the Western Ghats in Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu, India. The ancient name of this village is Snehapuri. Later it was called as Anpur (Sneham=Anpu) and currently called as KizhaAmbur.

The village has a Railway Station and Bus Stand. Bus is the primary mode of transport due to the proximity of the bus stand closer to public compared to the Railway Station.

The village is surrounded by other small villages like kakka Nallur, Poovan Kurichi, and Thattan Patti. Kizha Ambur is in good location surrounded by several tourist attraction. A few worth mentioning are: Siva Sailam Temple, Papanasam, Higher and Lower dams of Papanasam, Vaana Theertham, Mani Mutharu, Manjolai, Courtallam, Athri Theertham, and Sadai Udaiyar temple near Kallidai Kurichi.

History

Kizha Ambur is an ancient village with rich culture has an old name Snekapuri (Tamil: சிநேகபுரி). Sneka in Sanskrit means "Love" (Tamil: அன்பு). Puri can be translated as a village (Tamil: ஊர்). So if we translate it in Tamil the name will be "Anbu-oor" which has metamorphized as "Ambur" (Tamil: ஆம்பூர்).Another reason is found in the stone inscription of Sivasailam temple is that Aambal flower is found in Poovan Kurichi lake. So it got the name Ambur.There are many temples in this village. They are ancient and very powerful. Some of the important ones are-:1. Perumal temple2. Aathangarai Shivan temple3. Vadakavachalli aman temple

The Kumbaabhishegam of the Aathangarai Shivan temple (River Shiva temple) was held on 19 May 2016. This is a powerful temple and has the ability to fulfill the devotees prayers. There is also a procession of Paramakalyani Samedha Sivasailapathi to this village which comes from Alwazhkurichi. The procession is organized by the village people. The temples in this village are very beneficent.

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The village is the birthplace of Goddess Sri.Paramakalyani, the consort of the presiding Deity Sri. Sivalsailanathar, at Sivasailam. Kizha ambur is nature surrounded village with a beautiful river named Gadananathi River.

Notes and References

  1. Thirukkoilkal Vazhikatti, Tirunelveli temples,tnhrce,August 2014;page 131