Veerapandi, Salem

Veerapandi
Veerapandi
Town
	Coordinates: 11°34′32″N 78°04′06″E / 11.5754799°N 78.0682978°E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Region	Kongu Nadu
District	Salem
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	636308
Telephone code	91-427
Vehicle registration	TN-90

Veerapandi is a suburb of Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, 14 kilometres away from the Old Bus Stand. Today, it is the main college area in Salem. The biggest center for higher learning is the vinayaga missions university near Veerapandi.

Temples

Chennai Amman Kovil – this temple was constructed by Kongu nattu vellala gounder. Angalamman kovil -this temple was constructed by Sengunthar Kaikola Mudaliyars

Festivals

The main festivals such as marriyaman kovil, angalamman kovil, etc. take place in the city. In the month of April the marriyaman festival is celebrated around 15 Days with lot of formalities and procedures.

Economy

The mainly textiles, agriculture and finance are common business in that area.

Amenities

In general Veerapandi has all its basic amenities and can be reached at any time from anywhere because of the excellent road transport facility it has with the nearest town "Salem".

It has a railway station name is Virapandy road railway station with passenger train service to go to Erode and Salem Junction.

It has a government high school and elementary school.

Politics

Veerapandi assembly constituency is part of Salem (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

References

^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.

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[1] "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.

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