Tindivanam
Tindivanam is a town and a municipality in Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Variants
- Tamil: [திண்டிவனம்])
- Tinthrivanam = Jungle of Tamarind
Location
Important roads from north to south (NH 45) Tamil Nadu pass through Tindivanam and similarly from west to east (NH 66). Tindivanam is located at 12.25°N 79.65°E. It has an average elevation of 58 metres (190 feet). Tindivanam is 120 km southwest from Chennai and 35 km northwest from Pondicherry. It lies in the stretch of NH-45, about 123 km from Chennai, capital city of Tamil Nadu. Tindivanam is at the junction of roads going to Tiruchirapalli, Pondicherry, Thiruvannamalai, Kanchipuram, Viluppuram, Thellar, Marakkanam and Chennai. Tindivanam is about 69 km from Chengalpet; it takes about 1.30 hours to reach by roadways.
Origin
It was initially known as "Tinthrivanam" (Jungle of Tamarind-புளியங்காடு) where "Tinthiri" means 'tamarind' and "vanam" means 'Jungle' in Tamil.
History
Enga Ooru Tindivanam was earlier known as (திந்திரிவனம்) due to the shivan (Eswaran) temple located at Tindivanam. The name of Shiva (Suyambu linga) located there is திந்திரிஈஸ்வர். (Thinthrineeswarar) with Maragadhambigai Amman is a Thevara Vaipu Sthalam.
Ennairam,[1] located near Tindivanam, has inscriptions about the Hindu shastras that date back to the 11th century. The Chola temple of Narasimma swamy koil built by Rajaraja Chola I (985 –1010) and has reached 1000 years. 8,000 samanaras lived in this village.
National Fossil Wood Park
National Fossil Wood Park, Tiruvakkarai is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument located in the Villupuram District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and is maintained by the Geological Survey of India.[2] The park was established in 1940[3] and is located 1 km east of Thiruvakkarai[13][14] village on the road between Tindivanam and Pondicherry. The park contains petrified wood fossils approximately 20 million years old, scattered throughout the park,[4] which covers about 247 acres (100 ha). The park consists of nine enclaves, but only a small portion of the 247 acres (approx 1 square km) is open to the public.[5] Officials of the GSI believe the fossils were formed during massive flooding that occurred millions of years ago.[6] The park hosts about 200 fossilized trees.
Population
As of 2011, the town had a population of 72,796.
External links
References
- ↑ Villupuram District Govt Website. "Narasimma Swamy Koil - Ennairam".
- ↑ Fossil Wood parks". Geological Survey of India.
- ↑ Kodinhi, Hussain. "Millions of years ago, there lived a tree". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Lifeless air hovers over Fossil Wood Park". 16 February 2012.
- ↑ "Lifeless air hovers over Fossil Wood Park". 16 February 2012.
- ↑ Yamunan, Shruthisagar (25 September 2010). "A repository of spectacularly preserved fossilized trees". The Hindu.