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Veeracholapuram

Coordinates: 11°56′39″N 79°17′38″E / 11.9442594°N 79.2940003°E / 11.9442594; 79.2940003
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Veeracholapuram
Veerasozhapuram
village
Veeracholapuram is located in Tamil Nadu
Veeracholapuram
Veeracholapuram
Veeracholapuram is located in India
Veeracholapuram
Veeracholapuram
Coordinates: 11°56′39″N 79°17′38″E / 11.9442594°N 79.2940003°E / 11.9442594; 79.2940003
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictVillupuram
TalukaVillupuram
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
605755
Telephone code04146
Vehicle registrationTN-21

Veeracholapuram is a village located near Viluppuram in Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, India.[1][2][3]

Temples

Veeracholapuram is famous for its Shiva Temple and is known as Veeracholapuram Shiva Temple.[4] Veeracholapuram is also notable for the Brindavana of Satyanatha Tirtha, a Hindu saint and pontiff of Uttaradi Matha of Dvaita Order of Vedanta, who took samadhi in the year in 1674 on the bank of river Dakshina Pinakini in this village.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in
  2. ^ Census of India, 1991: Tamil Nadu, Volume 21. Director of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu-Controller of Publications. 1991. p. 198.
  3. ^ https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s3e44fea3bec53bcea3b7513ccef5857ac/uploads/2018/04/2018042347.pdf
  4. ^ "Idols worth Rs 500 crore stuck abroad, govt agencies lack will". Times of India. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  5. ^ C. M. Padmanabhacharya (1983). Life and teachings of Sri Madhvachariar. p. 1.
  6. ^ B. N. Krishnamurti Sharma (2000). History of the Dvaita School of Vedānta and Its Literature: From the Earliest Beginnings to Our Own Time. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 512. ISBN 978-8120815759.