Anandathandavapuram is a village in

Mayiladuthurai Mayiladuthurai (formerly known as Mayavaram or Mayuram) is a :ta:சிறப்பு நிலை நகராட்சிகள், Special Grade Municipality and district headquarters of Mayiladuthurai district in Tamil Nadu, India. The town ...

taluk,

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. The nearest town,

is located five kilometers, southerly. Anandathandavapuram has a small railway station which is located within the limits of the village. From this village there are direct trains to

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, Vaitheeswaran Temple etc. The village is famous for Panchavateeswarar Shiva Temple

Etymology

Ananda thandavam means ''Dance of Bliss''. Anandathandavapuram is also known as Anathandapuram.

Demographics

As per the 2001 census, Anandathandavapuram had a population of 3560 with 1796 males and 1764 females. The sex ratio was 982 and the literacy rate, 76.4.

Facilities

Apart from the temples and the Railway Station they have a POST OFFICE, GOVT SCHOOL, PHARMACY with DOCTOR Consultation and GROCERIES shop at Anna statue street

Famous personalities

The great Carnatic composer and lyricist Sri

Gopalakrishna Bharathi Gopalakrishna Bharathi () (1811–1881) was a Tamil poet and a composer of Carnatic music. He composed the ''Kathakalakshepam'' () Nandanar Charitram, two other works in this genre, and many independent ''kritis''. Bharathi was a contemporary ...

lived in this village for most of his life. His music Guru - Sri Govinda Yati also lived here. As a tribute to this great man, a music festival in the name of Gopala Krishna Bharathi is conducted in this village annually when renowned musicians from all over the country like Sudha Raghunathan, Sanjay Subramanian come to this village and render wonderful performances on Sri Gopala Krishna Bharathi's creations. The famous theatre artist Bombay Gnanam also grew up here.

References

* {{cite web, title=Primary Census Abstract - Census 2001 , url=http://www.census.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx , publisher=Directorate of Census Operations-Tamil Nadu , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806044705/http://www.census.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx , archivedate=2009-08-06 Villages in Thanjavur district