Maruvathur

Maruvathur
village
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruchirappalli
Population
• Total	5,456
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Maruvathur is a village in Tiruchirappalli district, Thuraiyur block in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Maruvathur is located near the foothills of Pachaimalai eastern mountain range of Tamil Nadu. Maruvathur, a clean ecological village, is located 9 km north of Thuraiyur. This village is surrounded by Venkadathanur, Sengaatupatti, Kirambur, Sellipalayam, Renganathapuram and Krishnapuram. Maruwathur is the site of many temples such as Palamalayan temple, Paleytha temple, Poonatchi Temple, Kamatchi temple, Perumal temple, Murugan temple and Mariamman temple. The Panjamuga Anjeneyar temple situated in Lord Perumal temple is famous for its architecture. You can see few statues like this in the world.

Maruvathur has 60% educated people. This village has a facility for higher education. The major economy of this village is dependent upon agriculture. The major food crops are rice, sugar cane, onions, banana, coconut trees and Lemon Trees. This village is surrounded by Pachamalai. So climate is cool throughout the year. This village has good internal architecture such as cement roads, water facilities, current facilities, telephone facilities, mobile towers, post office, Internet availability and transportation. On August 31st, 2014, reconstructed Shri Kamatchi Amman Koil " Kumabhishekam" was celebrated for three days. It was a grand occasion.and recenty reconstructed on Feb 21st, 2016 shri Chinnappillai Amman koil and Periyasamy, Santhana Karuppu koil "Kumbabhishekam" was celebrated for two days. it's one of the powerful god in our village. Palamalai.R one of the young business men in the village . he is the M.D of M.R.P Tractors and other agriculture field equipments. The "Punarutharnam" of Shri Poonatchi Amman Koil was celebrated on 10th of July, 2016 with much fanfare.

The total population of this village is 10,000. Some 50% of the people are farmers, 25% are self-employed, 25 are professionals who are working in nearby towns and cities.

Buses are available between Thuraiyur and Sellipalayam every 10 minutes from 5:00 am to 10:00 pm.

STD Code: 04327 Pin Code: 621002

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