Elangadu

Elangadu
Elangadu; Rajagiri, Vaalaivanam
	Village
	Nickname(s): Rajagiri, Vaalaivanam
	Elangadu Location in Tamil Nadu, India Elangadu Elangadu (India)
	Coordinates: 10.8353°N 78.9277°E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Taluk	Thiruvaiyar
Founded by	Karalmax Palanimurugan
Population (2019)
• Total	1,600
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Elangadu is a village situated on the banks of the river Cauvery, Situated about 12 kilometers from Kallanai, the Grand Anicut and surrounded by irrigation canals, Ilankaadu, in Thanjavur district, appears like a green carpet throughout the year. Besides paddy cultivation, another activity that happens all through the year is the public learning of Tamil. The reason behind the villagers’ overwhelming passion over Tamil language and them becoming teachers dates back to 1881 when ‘Nattramizh Sangam’ was established at the village.

Tamil scholar Pandithurai Devar arrived at Ilankaadu for the inaugural of the Sangam 138 years ago and since then, the villagers have been learning Tamil almost every day. Scholars like UV Saminatha Iyer, Maraimalai Adigal, Somasundara Barathiyar and many others have spoken at the village. Until 15 years ago, Tamil classes and speeches were being held every evening.

The village’s most famous son of the soil is the late organic farming pioneer and environmental crusader G Nammalvar, popular all over Tamil Nadu and outside of it. Also, this is the ancestral village of Tiruchi siva, Rajya Sabha MP and two more MLAs to represent Thiruvaiyaru assembly segment decades ago, G Murugaiyan sethurar and G Ilangovan papurettiyar. Both were teachers earlier. They resigned their jobs to become MLAs.”.

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Demographics

At the 2018 census, Elangadu had a total population of around 1600 with 790 males and 810 females. The sex ratio was 1020. The literacy rate was 77.11.

Temples

Sree Valavaneeshwar temple, Athankaatha ayyanar.
Shri Throwpathi amman temple
Sri Kannan Temple

More information

The main occupation in this area is agriculture. Rice paddie,Coconut, banana, sugarcane are also grown.

Under the Government we can be located under, Elangadu Panchayat, Budhalur Union, Thiruvaiyar Taluk, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu State, India.

Temple Events

Every year May or June month performed thiruvizha grandly. All this family village members assemble and perform the event. Every year June month sri thurowpathi amman temple festival

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References

"Primary Census Abstract - Census 2001". Directorate of Census Operations-Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009.

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