Tiruttani
| Tiruttani திருத்தணி |
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| State : | Tamil Nadu | ||
| District : | Tiruvallur | ||
| Sub-district : | Tiruttani | ||
| Location : | 13 ° 11 ' N , 79 ° 38' E | ||
| Height : | 85 m | ||
| Residents : | 44,781 (2011) | ||
Tiruttani ( Tamil : திருத்தணி Tiruttaṇi [ ˈt̪iɾɯt̪ːəɳi ]; also Thiruttani, Thiruthani ) is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu with around 45,000 inhabitants (2011 census). Tiruttani is an important place of pilgrimage for the Hindu god Murugan, who is popular in Tamil Nadu .
geography
Tiruttani is located in the Tiruvallur district in the far north of Tamil Nadu in the midst of hilly terrain not far from the border with the neighboring state of Andhra Pradesh . The city is the capital of Taluk Tiruttani in the Tiruvallur district. Tiruttani is 85 kilometers west of Chennai (Madras) and 40 kilometers west of the district capital Tiruvallur . The Andhra Pradesh border is only 10 kilometers away.
The national highway NH 716 runs through Tiruttani from Chennai to Tirupati . The Tiruttani station is the terminus of the western line of the Chennaier suburban railway .
population
92 percent of Tiruttani's residents are Hindus , 6 percent are Muslims and 2 percent are Christians . As in all of Tamil Nadu, the main language is Tamil, which is spoken by 75 percent of the population as their mother tongue. 22 percent speak Telugu and 3 percent speak Urdu .
history
During the British colonial period , Tiruttani was part of the Chittoor district of the Madras province . After Indian independence, Tiruttani came in 1953 with the Chittoor district to the newly founded state of Andhra (from 1956 Andhra Pradesh) from the Telugu-speaking northern part of the state of Madras . Because of its predominantly Tamil population and the importance of the Murugan Temple of Tiruttani for the Tamils, the Taluk Tiruttani was added in 1960 to the state of Madras (renamed Tamil Nadu in 1969), which has now been reorganized according to the language borders of Tamil.
Religious meaning
In Tiruttani there is the Subramaniyaswamy temple, an important sanctuary of the Hindu god Murugan (Skanda) , on a 200 meter high rock . While this god plays practically no role in the practice of faith in northern India, he is one of the most popular deities among the Tamils under the name Murugan. Tiruttani is one of six pilgrimage sites ( Arupadaividu ) in Tamil Nadu that are dedicated to Murugan. The six pilgrimage sites are each associated with different aspects of Murugan's mythology. According to the myth, Tiruttani is the place to which Murugan retired with his companion Valli after his wedding .
The most important temple festivals in Tiruttani are the Adi Krittigai Festival , which is celebrated annually in the Tamil month of Adi (July / August), as well as a festival on December 31, on which the believers climb the 365 steps to the temple and on each of light them a light to be blessed for the new year. As one of the six Murugan pilgrimage sites, Tiruttani attracts large numbers of pilgrims. According to press reports, more than 100,000 pilgrims flocked to Tiruttani for the Adi Krittigai festival in 2011.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Census of India 2011.
- ^ Census of India 2011: C-1 Population By Religious Community. Tamil Nadu.
- ↑ Census of India 2001: C-16 City: Population by Mother Tongue (Tamil Nadu), accessed under Tabulations Plan of Census Year - 2001 .
- ↑ Dina Malar, July 25, 2011: Tiruttaṇi Āṭi Kiruttikai tiruviḻā: Pallāyirakkaṇakkāṉa paktarkaḷ kuvintaṉar.