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புதுக்கோட்டை is a town and a municipality in Pudukkottai district in the Indian States and territories of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Pudukkottai District. Population of Pudukkottai district is 14,59,601.

Taluks in Pudukkottai District

Alangudi
Gandarvakottai
Kulathur
Illuppur
Pudukkottai
Thirumayam
Aranthangi
Avudaiyarkoil
Manamelkudi

History

present-day district of Pudukkottai was part of the Pandya kingdom. Over the centuries, the district was ruled by a succession of South Indian dynasties which included the Cholas, Pallavas and Hoysalas. The district became a part of the Vijayanagara Empire in the 14th century.

The Vijayanagara empire fought many wars with the Muslim Deccan sultanates to its north, and in 1565 the allied sultanates decisively defeated Vijayanagara at the Battle of Talikota. The defeat weakened the Vijayanagara Empire, and regional governors, called Nayaks, became de facto local rulers in much of Southern India. Pudukkottai was ruled by the Nayaks of Madurai from the mid-16th century to the mid-17th century.

The Thondaiman Pudukkottai, 1858.Thondaiman King in his Durbar, Pudukkottai, 1858.Raghunatha Raya Tondiman, founder of the princely state of Pudukkotai, was a distinguished general and had served as a governor of Thirumayam under his brother-in-law, Maharaja Regunatha Kilavan Setupati of Ramnad. In appreciation of his services, the Maharaja conferred upon him an extensive fief in 1686, comprising of the fort of Pudukkotai and surrounding lands.

In later centuries, the Thondaiman rulers, while nominally feudatories of the Ramnad state, often pursued an independent foreign policy, a trend common in all parts of India at that time. Certainly the most consequential of such ventures was their alliance with the BritishRaj in the 18th century, first against the Nawab of Arcot and later against the Kingdom of Mysore. Pudukkotai finally came under formal British protection in 1763. This was arguably unavoidable, since the Thondaimans were much menaced in that period by a resurgent Mysore ruled by Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan. Tipu Sultan had sought to leverage the power of the France against his United Kingdom adversaries, and Pudukkotai, in common with its neighbours such as Thanjavur and Travancore, found it expedient to ally with the British.

Princely state

Pudukkottai became a princely state of British India under the political authority of Madras Presidency. The state had an area of 1100 sq mi 3000 km² and in 1901, a population of 380,000. The Rajas of Pudukkotai were entitled to an 11-gun salute.

Post-independence

The last Thondaiman raja of Pudukkottai acceded to newly-Independence of India in 1948, and the state became a division of Tiruchirappalli District of Madras State. The state was reorganised twice in the succeeding decade, taking its present form in 1956; it was renamed Tamil Nadu in 1968. On january 14, 1974, the present Pudukkottai District was formed from parts of Tiruchirappalli or Trichy and Thanjavur District.

Geography

Pudukkottai is located at 10.38 N|78.82 E[ It has an average elevation of 100 metre foot . The state consists mainly of an undulating plain, nowhere of great fertility and in many parts barren; it is interspersed with rocky hills, especially in the southwest. Granite and laterite are quarried, red ochre is worked, and silk and cotton fabrics, bell-metal vessels and perfumes are among the principal manufactures. There is also some export trade in groundnuts and tanning bark.

Tourist places

Government Museum, Thirukkokarnam, Pudukkottai
New Pool(Pudhu Kulam)
Sithannavasal (Famous for cave paintings)
Kudimiyanmalai
Thirumayam(Fort)
Narthamalai
Sastharkovil (Preserving Deities)

Important temples in Pudukkottai District

Subramaniya swamy thirukovil, Viralimalai
Admanathaswamy Temple, Avudayarkoil
Kokarneswarar Temple, Thirukkokarnam
Sri Bragadhambal Temple, Pudukkottai
Sri Thiruvapur Muthumariyaman Temple,Pudukkottai
Sri Viruthapureeswarar Temple, Thiruppunavasal
Veeramakali amman Temple, Aranthangi and Perambur(Andakulam)
Meiyyanathar Temple, Thirumayam
Mariyamman Temple, Thiruvappur
Mariyamman Temple, Naarthamalai
Bhuvaneshwariamman Temple, Pudukkottai
Fire Prayer Vision Ministries, Ashok Nagar, Pudukkottai
Sacred Heart Church, Marthandapuram, Pudukkottai
Moovar and Ivar Temple, Kodumbalur
Sri Naadiyaman Temple, Keelathur and Alangudi
Sri Dharma Sastha Temple, Kannankarakudi (Sastharkovil)
Malayakoil, Nachandupatti, Pudukkottai

Demographics

As of 2001 India census Pudukkottai had a population of 108,947. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Pudukkottai has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 74%. In Pudukkottai, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Educational institutions

Andhra students association founded by santhosh kumar seeta.....
Ranees Govt.Girls Higher Secondary School, Pudukkottai
PSK matriculation School, Pudukottai
Sri Brahadambal Government Higher Secondary School, Pudukottai
Sri Venkateshwara Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Thirukkogarnam
T.E.L.C Hr. Sec. School, Pudukkottai
Mount Zion College of Engineering and Technology, Lena Vilakku, Pilivalam PO
Mount Zion Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Malaiyedu
Subramanian Polytechnic College, Rayavaram
Mahathma college, Annavasal
Vairams Matriculation School, Rajagopalapuram
Govt. Model Higher Secondary School
Govt Higher Secondary School, Gandarvakkottai
Sri Ramakrishna Vivekanada Higher Secondary School, Thiruppunavasal
Child Jesus English Primary School, Pudukkottai
J J College of Arts and Science
HH The Rajah's College (Autonomous), Pudukkottai
Government Arts College for Women, Pudukkottai
sudharsan Engineering college, Sathyamangalam
Shanmuganathan Engineering College
Mookambigai College of Engineering, Keeranur
Kings College of Engineering
M.N.S.K. College of Engineering
Roman Catholic Middle School,Marthandapuram
Govt.Hr.Sec School, Andakulam
Govt.Hr.Sec School, Kottaipattinam
Govt.Hr.Sec School, Themmavur
Govt Polytechnic, Aranthangi
Vestley Matric Hr Sec School, Aranthangi
Govt.Hr.Sec School, Subramaniapuram
Govt Girls .Hr.Sec School, Sandaipettai
Govt Hr. Sec. School, Viralimalai
Ulagappar Hr. Sec School, Ramachandrapuram
Ramanathan Chettiar Higher Secondary School, Nachandupatti

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 புதுக்கோட்டை is a town and a municipality in Pudukkottai district in the Indian States and territories of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Pudukkottai District. Population of Pudukkottai district is 14,59,601.