Ramanatham
Ramanatham
Ramanatham Ramanatham – Tholudur | |
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Panchayat | |
Coordinates: 11°24′25″N 79°00′24″E / 11.40686°N 79.00658°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Cuddalore |
Government | |
• Village Panchayat President | Ramasamy – Ramanatham; Shobana Senthil – Tholudur |
Languages | |
• Official | Tamil |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 606303 |
Telephone code | 04143 |
Vehicle registration | TN 91 |
Nearest Town | Perambalur, Trichy, Cuddalore |
Lok Sabha constituency | Cuddalore |
State Legislative constituency | Tittagudi[1] |
Ramanatham and Tholudur or Thozhudur, (meaning "Distant Village"), are twin towns decorated by Vellar River in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India.[2]
Ramanatham – Tholudur are well served by government institutions like schools, post office, etc. Other private educational institutes like schools and colleges serve people. All major hotels, banks, shopping center, bus stands, marriage halls, petrol/disel/gas station are located on Ramanatham highway where as Tholudur is popularly known for its traditional house.
People often refer Ramanatham bus stand as Tholudur stop – however, Tholudur is 5 km away from this stop. This is due to British rule as during their time they referred this place as Tholudur instead of Ramanatham. For locals – its a twin town.
The main occupation of the people is agriculture. Rice, sugarcane, groundnut and other cereals are generally cultivated. Nature so loved this village that it gave a river, lake, green pastures and lovely people. 500 years ago – Its believed that the current residents of Ramanatham migrated from Vaagaiyur and from Thinniyam, Near Trichy -hence they are referred as Devan Thinnyam Vahariaa.
Cricket and badminton are the famous sports and tournaments have been conducted for decades.
The higher secondary school boasts different variety of trees. Nearby is a Chivan(Sivan) temple with inscriptions of Chola dynasty.
Location
Ramanatham – Tholudur towns are located on the banks of Vellar River. Ramanatham is situated on NH 45 the highway connecting the state capital Chennai and Trichy cities – Tholudur is 5 km from Ramanatham main road. Also it is 15 km far from the nearest town panchayat.[3]Tittakudi[4] which is also its Taluk. Ramanatham – Tholudur is 246 km away from Chennai and 76 km away from Trichy.
Government institutions
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Ramanatham
- Indian Bank
- Aadhar Card Center
- Police Station
- TN Govt Electricity Board
- Bus Stand for all Bus to stop
- Petrol/Gas Stations
- Govt cottages
- Panchayat owned Marriage Hall
- Vishan computer education and tech
Tholudur
- Primary Health Centre
- Higher Secondary School(with cricket ground)
- Girls' High School
- Post Office
- Registrar Office
- Veterinary hospital
- PDS centre
- Co-operative bank
Schools
List of schools that serve people as below.
- Government Higher Secondary School
- Girls' High School
- National Matric School
- O.P.R. Nursery & Primary School
- Elementary and Middle School – Ramanatham
Popular Business/LandMark
Below are Popular Business/LandMark in Ramanatham
- Kuppusamy Thirumana Mandabam
- American Mahal Thirumana Mandabam
- Santhi Mahal Thirumana Mandabam
- Vishan Computer Education
- NeelaRam Shopping Center
- Vinayagar Temple
- MRF Tire Center
- Lamsi Shopping Center
- Petrol Stations
- Mosques
- Church
Private Colleges
Below are the private colleges situated here.
- Dr. Navalar Nedunchezhiyan College of Engineering
- Sree Arumugam Polytechnic College
- Sree Arumugam Arts and Science College
- Sree Arumugham College of Education
- Sree Arumugam Teacher Training Institute
- Sree Renga Teacher Training Institute
Festivals
All gods reside here and are celebrated. Each temple has its own festivals.
Pongal is the major festival lasting four days.
- Bhogi is celebrated without pollution and tummy full of eatable like kozhukattai, El-Urundai, etc.
- Pongal is for actual delicious pongal.
- Mattu Pongal is for cattle that are decorated and fed delicious pongal.
- Kaanum Pongal is to see people and play on the riverbed. This day is for non-veg specials.
Diwali, Ramzan and Christmas are other festivals celebrated.