Pandasozhanallur | |
Other Name: | Thirumudavanpalli |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Puducherry#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Puducherry, India |
Coordinates: | 11.8567°N 79.6451°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Puducherry |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Pondicherry |
Subdivision Type3: | Taluk |
Subdivision Name3: | Bahour |
Subdivision Type4: | Commune |
Subdivision Name4: | Nettapakkam |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | French, Tamil, English |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 605 106 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 0413 |
Registration Plate: | PY-01 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 50% ♂/♀ |
Pandasozhanallur is a panchayat village[1] in Nettapakkam Commune in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It is also a revenue village under Nettapakkam firka. Pandasozhanallur is also known as PS Nallur.
Pandasozhanallur is bordered by Nettapakkam in the west, Kalmandapam in the north, Mitta Mandagapattu village(Tamil Nadu) in the east and Malattar in the south
According to inscriptions in the Malligajuneswarar temple here, the village must have been as Thirumudavanpalli during the days of Kulothunga - I (11th century), named after Thirumudavan, probably a chieftain in whose honour the Palli was built. The name of this Palli may have been ascribed to the village in due course. Since 12th Century the village is said to have been called Pandithasolanllur, after Rajaraja II who was otherwise known as Rajapandithan, erudite as he was both in Tamil and Sanskrit. The name Pandithasolanallur in due course changed into Pandasozhanur. Now it is called Pandasozhanallur.[2]
This village is historical place
Pandasozhanallur is located at 2 km. from Nettapakkam on Frontier State Highway (RC-21). Pandasozhanallur can be reached directly by any bus running between Pondicherry and Karaiyamputhur running via Nettapakkam. Alternatively One can reach Nettapakkam by Pondicherry to Maducarai Bus and then took other means to reach Pandasozhanallur.
Pandasozhanallur is connected to Pondicherry by Frontier State Highway (RC-21). Pandasozhanallur is also connected by Kalmandapam-Pandasozhanallur road.
Malligarjunar Temple[3] is one of the ancient temple in Puducherry. It belongs to Chozha period.
Pandasozhanallur is a part of Nettapakkam (Union Territory Assembly constituency) which comes under Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency)