Kalligudi

Kalligudi is a small town in Madurai| kalligudi Taluk, Madurai district, Tamil Nadu State, India.

Kalligudi

Kalligudi chathiram

Kalligudi
town
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictMadurai
Government
  BodyK. Vellakulam
Languages
  OfficialTamil
  speakingTamil, Telugu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
625 701
Telephone code04549
Vehicle registrationTN- 58
Nearest cityMadurai
Lok Sabha constituencyThiruparamkundram
Vidhan Sabha constituencyThirumangalam
Civic agencyK. Vellakulam
ClimateWinter, 28-30°C, Summer, 30-32°C

The actual name of Kalligudi is Kalligudi Chattram. It is located at National Highway 7 (Jammu Kashmir to Kanyakumari Highway) from 35 km, south of Madurai and 15 km, south of Tirumangalam. There is one Govt. Hr. Sec. School and one Govt. Primary School.Two Private primary school . There are seven temples, two mosques and two churches. There is a police station, fire service, 24 h service Govt. Hospital and a railway station. There are three banks; Canara Bank, Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank and MDCC Bank. There are three medical shops, namely Kirubha Medicals and Anbu Medicals, om medicals .

Vadakkampatti, Alangarapuram, Agathapatti, Lalapuram, Pottalpatti and Pallapacherry are the villages which comes under Kalligudi panchayath. Total population of Kalligudi panchayath is 3560. Surrounding villages are Vellakulam, Solampatti, Vadakampatti,Lalapuram (4 km), Agathapatti (2 km), Odaipatti (2 km), sennampatti (5 km), Karisalkalampatti (5 km), Sengapadai (3 km), Sivarakkottai (7 km), Rayapalayam (4 km), Puliampatty (5 km), T. Pudupatty (6 km) are the nearby villages to Kalligudi. The festival is Puratasi pongal, which is celebrated in the month of October. This festival is celebrated by the people of Agathapatti, Kalligudi, Alangarapuram and Pallapacherry. Another festival is "Muniyandi Swamy Annathana Pooja" which is celebrated at Vadakkampatti village on January. K.Sennampatti ""Mariyamman,Kali ya man,Muthalamman kovil Pooja"" celebrated at Sennampatti village people,Kalligudi taluk big festival for MAY,NOVEMBER months.

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