Inam Kulathur is one of the

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s in

Tiruchirappalli District Tiruchirappalli District is one of the 38 districts, located along the Kaveri River, in Tamil Nadu, India. The headquarters of the district is the city of Tiruchirappalli. During the British Raj, the district was referred to as Trichinopoly, ...

in the Indian state of

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. The old names of the village is Vellang Kulathur. This area was covered by an agricultural reservoir of approximately 300 acres. Inam Kulathur also refers to the surrounding area. Inam Kulathur was ruled by the

Early Cholas The Early Cholas were a Tamil kingdom of the Chola dynasty - pre and post Sangam period (600 BCE–300 CE). It was one of the three main kingdoms of Tamilakam. Their early capitals were Urayur or Tiruchirapalli and Kaveripattinam. Along wit ...

, Early Pandyas,

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Madurai Sultanate Ma'bar Sultanate, also known as the Madurai Sultanate, was a short lived kingdom based in the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. It was dominated by Hindustani speaking Muslims. The sultanate was proclaimed in 1335 CE in Madurai led by Jala ...

Arcot Arcot (natively spelt as Ārkāḍu) is a town and urban area of Ranipet district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the southern banks of Palar River, the city straddles a trade route between Chennai and Bangalore or Salem, betwe ...

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and the

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, prior to the formation of the

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. Tiruchirappalli played a critical role in the Ponnar - Sangar history.

Geography

Inam Kulathur is located 18 km from Trichy Headquarters.

Economy

The factories of

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Bottling Point and Janani Marbles and granites are located in Inam Kulathur. The village has basic facilities such as railway station, government hospital, government higher secondary school, police station, post office, government library and BSNL telephone exchange. The majority of the peoples are working in IOCL, Southern Railway, tailoring, abroad and the weekly market held on every Tuesday. Once upon a time Inam kulathur is having more than 300 readymade shops like BISMI GARMENTS(SPECIALIST IN SCHOOL UNIFORM), RB TRADERS , near about 2000 tailoring machines are run as well as beedi company also having in this village Inam Kulathur. One IPS officer born in this village Shri.A.Natarajan IPS currently working in ADGP Jharkhand Cadre, Jharkhand Police. Some soldiers are working in Indian Army, Indian Navy, Central Reserve Police Force, Border Security Force, and Tamilnadu Police.

History

Inam Kulathur has been ruled, at different times, by the Early Cholas, Early Pandyas, Later Cholas, Delhi Sultanate, Madurai Sultanate, Arcot Nawab and the British, prior to the formation of the Republic of India. Tiruchirappalli played a critical role in the Ponnar - Sangar history. Now Inamkulathur is one of the largest villages in Trichy also one of the oldest village people are surviving with their heritage family name like SAMBURUTHI. Inamkulathur is also famous for Sevathagani Biryani since 1969 .

Transport

The village is connected to bus and train. Direct bus services run from Inam kulathur to

Trichy Tiruchirappalli (), also known as Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with being the best livable and the cleanest city of T ...

Srirangam Srirangam is a neighbourhood in the city of Tiruchirappalli in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A river island, Srirangam is bounded by the Kaveri River on one side and its distributary Kollidam on the other side. Considered as the first among ...

Manapparai Manapparai () is a municipality in Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Manapparai Town is located 38 km from Trichy. Manapparai is the headquarters of the Manapparai Taluk. Manapparai is famous for murukku (deep-frie ...

and

Viralimalai Viralimalai is a developing town and Suburb of city of Tiruchirappalli, located in Pudukkottai District, 28 km from Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India. The famous Lord Shanmuganathar temple is situated on the top of the granite hill at ...

. The village has a railway station in

Dindigul Dindigul (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is a city in the India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of the Dindigul district. Dindigul City is Located in the Southwest Region of Tamil Nadu. Dindigul is an ancient settlement r ...

main railway line. The railway station has rail connectivity to

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Kumbakonam Kumbakonam (formerly spelt as Coombaconum or Combaconum), or Kudanthai, is a city municipal corporation in the Thanjavur district in the States of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located from Thanjavur and from Chennai and is the hea ...

. The nearest airport is

Tiruchirappalli International Airport Tiruchirappalli International Airport is an international airport that serves Tiruchirappalli in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The airport is situated at National Highway 336, approximately south of the city center, and occupies . As of 2 ...

. The distance is 25 km.

Education

The following educational institutions are located in Inam Kulathur * Vikas vidhyashram International school * Awniya public school * Moulana Jamali matric school * Vikas Arts and science college * Nehru College of Nursing * R.V.S-KVK architecture college * The New Polytechnic college * RVS-KVK institute of management * H.M.Y Government Higher Secondary School * Panchayat union high school * Jamaliyaa Arabic college * JJ College of Engineering and Technology * Shivani Engineering college * JJ Polytechnic college * Shivani Polytechnic college * KMC nursing college

References

{{reflist Villages in Tiruchirappalli district