Sathiyamangalam, Viluppuram Explained

Sathiyamangalam
Other Name:Sakthipuram
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Tamil Nadu
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Villupuram
Leader Title:Panchayat President
Leader Name:S.L.AbarnaRavisankar MBA
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:3355
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Tamil
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:604153
Website:http://kaliamman.beep.com

Sathiyamangalam is a village in the Gingee Taluk of Villupuram district,[1] Tamil Nadu, India. Sathiyamangalam is located at a distance of 12 km from Gingee, its nearest town. Sri kaliamman Alayam is most popular one. The Sakthi Kaliamman Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the goddess Kaliamma located in the village of Sathiyamangalam in the Gingee taluk of Villupuram District, India. The Pongal festival and the annual Vigasi festivals are important festivals celebrated.

History

This temple was athi sakthi birthplace so that only the village name is Sathiyamangalam. Sathiyamangalam have many stories.

Deities

The prime deity is Kaliamman. The temple is open to devotees only thrice a week – Thursday, Friday and Sunday. [1] It is believed that the main deity, all day kaliamman stay there.

Festivals

A Pongal festival is held annually during the month of January. During the festival, the idol of goddess Kaliamman is brought from the temple one day thiru veethi ula. The pongal-festival is a part of the annual festival that is celebrated for a period of 3 days.A yearly once Annual festival has been performed during every year" Vaikasi" around 22nd date Tamil month.

Demographics

As per the 2001 census, Sathiyamangalam had a total population of 3355.[2] with 1678 males and 1677 females. Out of the total population 1903 people were literate.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Village Boundary Map. tnmaps.tn.nic.in. 2014-03-18.
  2. Web site: Voice Of Bharat. voiceofbharat.org. 2014-03-30.