Veeracholapuram

Veeracholapuram is a village located near Viluppuram in Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, India.[1][2][3]

For the village with this name in Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, see Veerasolapuram.

Veeracholapuram

Veerasozhapuram
village
Veeracholapuram
Veeracholapuram
Coordinates: 11.9442594°N 79.2940003°E / 11.9442594; 79.2940003
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictVillupuram
TalukaVillupuram
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
605755
Telephone code04146
Vehicle registrationTN-21

Temples

Veeracholapuram is famous for its Shiva Temple and is known as Veeracholapuram Shiva Temple.[4] Veeracholapuram is also notable for the Brindavana of Satyanatha Tirtha, a Hindu saint and pontiff of Uttaradi Matha of Dvaita Order of Vedanta, who took samadhi in the year in 1674 on the bank of river Dakshina Pinakini in this village.[5][6]

References
  1. http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in
  2. Census of India, 1991: Tamil Nadu, Volume 21. Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu-Controller of Publications. 1991. p. 198.
  3. https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s3e44fea3bec53bcea3b7513ccef5857ac/uploads/2018/04/2018042347.pdf
  4. "Idols worth Rs 500 crore stuck abroad, govt agencies lack will". Times of India. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  5. C. M. Padmanabhacharya (1983). Life and teachings of Sri Madhvachariar. p. 1.
  6. B. N. Krishnamurti Sharma (2000). History of the Dvaita School of Vedānta and Its Literature: From the Earliest Beginnings to Our Own Time. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 512. ISBN 978-8120815759.
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