| Thirubuvanai | |
| Other Name: | Tiroubouvané |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Pondicherry#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Puducherry, India |
| Coordinates: | 11.9281°N 79.6448°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Puducherry |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pondicherry |
| Subdivision Type3: | Taluk |
| Subdivision Name3: | Villianur |
| Subdivision Type4: | Commune Panchayat |
| Subdivision Name4: | Mannadipet |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.28 |
| Population Total: | 9374 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| 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: | 605107 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | +91–0413(STD Code) |
| Registration Plate: | PY-05 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 1009 ♂/♀ |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Literacy |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | 82% |
Thirubuvanai is a village in the union territory of Puducherry, India. It is located in Mannadipet commune panchayat of the Villianur taluk.[1] It serves as the centre of Thirubuvanai (Union Territory Assembly constituency). It also hosts a Dodadrinath temple(Sri Thenkalai Varadharaja Perumal Temple)built by Parantaka-1 in the 10th century and Vadukeeswarar temple. It also has a primary health centre, police station[2] and fire station.
The antiquity of the village goes back to the times of Chola king Parantaka I (907-955 CE) who built the Varadharaja Perumal temple. It was called as Veeranarayana Vinnagaram after the title of Parantaka I. The old name of the village was Tirubuvanai Mahadevi Chadurvedi Mangalam, named after the Paranthagar's Queen. The lake of this village was called Kokkilanadi-Pereri, named after another wife of Parantaka I. This is an AEL stone temple displaying the characteristic plinth mouldings, niches and pilasters. There are small but interesting panels around the sanctum depicting scenes from Ramayana and Bhagavata. There are a number of Chola inscriptions in this temple throwing light on the political, social and cultural life of the village. The temple is managed by ASI.
The police station situated at a distance of 22 km from Headquarters lies on the Villupuram Main Road (NH 45A). It is the west border police station in the Union Territory of Pondicherry. The building was inaugurated by His Excellency H.L Khurana, Governor of Tamil Nadu and Administrator of Pondicherry on 2 June 1984. The police station building contains one S.I Quarter, three H.C’s Quarters and thirteen P.C’s Quarters.
Thirubuvanai is situated in the midway of the Pondicherry to Villupuram NH45 road. There are several private buses running on daily basis from Thirubuvanai to Pondicherry. The Pondicherry Road Transport Corporation and The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation operates bus services from Pondicherry to Villupuram via Thirubuvanai.
There is no train service available to Thirubuvanai. But one can reach ChinnababuSamuthiram railway station, and or Villupuram railway station which are located around 4 kilometer towards East and 17 km towards west from Thirubuvanai. Daily train services are available from Pondicherry to Villupuram junction via Chinnababu Samuthiram railway station.
| Sl.No | Industry Name | Product | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Whirlpool India limited | Washing Machine | |
| 2. | SPINCO | Cotton Mill | |
| 3. | Rusch AVT Limited | Foley cerborter | |
| 4. | Auro food limited | Refined Oil | |
| 5. | Cheslint textiles | Spinning cotton | |
| 6. | New India Palmers | Biscuits | |
| 7. | Brite Brother Ltd | Fiber Plastics | |
| 8. | Rane (Madras) Ltd | Steering for Car | |
| 9. | Pondy Devi Oil Industry | Oil Refinery Plant | |
| 10. | ACYL | Gas Cylinder | |
| 11. | POAL | Gas Manufacturing | |
| 12. | Ana Bond Essex | Vaseline Cream | |
| 13. | Micro Labs | Medicines | |
| 14. | J R Food Ltd | Oil Refined | |
| 15. | Rebazer Medi plastics | Syringe | |
| 16. | Marico | Coconut Oil |