| Nathanallur | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
| Coordinates: | 12.8027°N 79.8448°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kanchipuram district |
| Subdivision Type3: | Taluk |
| Subdivision Name3: | Walajabad taluk |
| Leader Title1: | Village Panchayat President |
| Leader Name1: | Mani.V[1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.18 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.99 |
| Elevation M: | 64 |
| Population Total: | 2158[2] [3] |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | 436 |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | Pincode |
| Postal Code: | 631605 |
| Area Code: | +91-44 |
| Registration Plate: | TN 21 |
| Blank Info: | Tamil |
| Blank1 Info: | Tamil, English |
Nathanallur is a small village in Walajabad taluk, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu, India. Tamil Nadu state highway 48 is passing through Nathanallur village. Nathanallur is distance from its Walajabad taluk and town, distance from its district main city Kanchipuram and distance from its state main city Chennai.
The village people believes that the name Nathanallur originated by the great poetiser Mr. Nanthanar. Nathanallur also have a sub village called Madura Nallur (Tamil: மதுரா நல்லூர்) popularly known as Nellur. Nellur people basically migrated from Nathanallur in the early stage to cultivate their far distance lands.
There are many temples in Nathanallur. Carnivals are celebrated for each temple in different periods.
List of popularly known temple are below.
Every year Tamil month Chithirai (Tamil: சித்திரை) first amavasya, a famous 10 days great festival called Float Festival (Tamil: தெப்ப உற்சவ திருவிழா) is celebrated for Ellamman.The first nine days Lord is beautifully decorated with ornament and flowers to ride around the village in the "Bullock Cart" with different avatar in each day to show this avatars to the village pilgrims.
The carnival is very grand on the 10th day i.e. on amavasya. All village people with their relatives from nearby cities & towns gather near the theppakulam at Ellamman temple. Lord Sri Devi Ellamman is beautifully decorated with ornament and flowers. And amman swing on the oonjal then the lord is transfer to a floating boat to circle around the Theppakulam on wonderful night with colourful crackers. The joyful carnival ends on the next day with stage drama (Tamil: தெருக்கூத்து).Also there are many other Hindu spiritual activities will happen on the entire day.
| Day | Avatars (Amman Veethi Ula) | |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Flag day, Sri Parvathiambal, Sri Ellamman graga pushpa alangaram Pambai | |
| Day 2 | Sri Durgai Amman | |
| Day 3 | Sri Chamundiswari | |
| Day 4 | Sri Renuka Parameshwari | |
| Day 5 | Sri Meenakshi Amman | |
| Day 6 | Sri Andal Amman | |
| Day 7 | Sri Rajarajeshwari | |
| Day 8 | Sri Kannyamman | |
| Day 9 | Sri Kamakshi Amman | |
| Day 10 | Sri Devi Ellamman Simma Vagana Parvettai | |
| Day 11 | Sandhana Kappu Alangaram |
Likewise, Tamil Aadi month Koozh (Tamil: கூழ் - One of the great south Indian food) will be served to their neighborhoods and relatives during Gangaiamman & Bommayi amman temple festival.
And many other festivals for Vinayakar, Perumal and Adanjiamman temples.
Panchayat Union School is established by 1923s.[4] In 2006 the school got certification and the name is converted into Panchayat Union Middle School.
As of 2011 India census, Nathanallur had a population of 2158. Males constitute 48.5% of the population and females 51.5%. Nathanallur has an average literacy rate of 67.8%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73.9%, and female literacy is 61.9%. In Nathanallur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Village people will get everything from the nearby town Walajabad. Therefore, most of them having two wheeler. However, Few people depending on the public transport. There is no specific public transport for Nathanallur. But people will get the public bus on junction (Nathanallur Koot road) at SH 48 where route 79 and 579A buses are available at every 10 minutes interval.Walajabad is the only near by railway station for local Trains.
| Ordinary services | Express services | Delux services | Volvo A/C |
Legend: HF- High Frequency Route, NS – Night Service Route, LF – Low Frequency Route
| Route No | Origin | Destination | Stage Names | HF | LF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 579A | Tambaram | Walajabad | Mudichur, Padappai, Oragadam, Varanavasi, Nathanallur | x | ||
| 79 | Kanchipuram | Tambaram | Ayyampet, Walajabad, Nathanallur, Varanavasi, Oragadam, Padappai, Mudichur | x | ||
| 79EXP | Kanchipuram | Tambaram | Ayyampet, Walajabad, Varanavasi, Oragadam, Padappai, Mudichur | x |
Most of the village people are land lards and Koolis. Agriculture is the main day-to-day work for the village people. But nowadays the agriculture is drastically coming down and real estate business is dominating in the people mind.
90% of the village peoples are Hindu and remaining peoples are recently being converted to Christians.
| Name | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Puliambakkam | 2.0 km | |
| Kattavakkam | 3.9 km | |
| Sankarapuram | 5.0 km | |
| Uthukadu | 5.7 km | |
| Thenneri | 10.5 km | |
| 5.5 km | ||
| 20.9 km | ||
| 36.4 km |