Manavasi is a village in

Southern India South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of ...

n state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

between the cities of

Karur Karur () is a municipal corporation (India), municipal corporation in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Karur district and is administered by the Karur Municipal Cor ...

and

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 ...

. It is located in the

Karur district Karur District is one of the 38 districts (a district located centrally along the Kaveri and Amaravathi rivers) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The main town in Karur District is the city of Karur, which is also the district headquarters. Th ...

. It is the location of the Toll Plaza on the Karur - Trichy Highway. One of the oldest Lord Shiva temple is located in Manavasi where Lord Shiva facing west direction. Kaasi, Avinashi and Manavasi is the places where Lord shiva statue facing west direction. Temple called On the way to pidari amman Kovil, Every year Tamil Month aadi 28th, Pankaligal (father side relations) from different part of Tamil Nadu assemble & perform Pooja at night. its happening more than 800 Years. Community called Pillai performing kula deivam pooja for every year 28th date of Aadi month

Notable people

* Manavasi Ramaswami Iyer, a devotee of

Ramana Maharshi Ramana Maharshi (; ; 30 December 1879 – 14 April 1950) was an Indian Hindu Sage (philosophy), sage and ''jivanmukta'' (liberated being). He was born Venkataraman Iyer, but is mostly known by the name Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. He was b ...

, is from this village.

References

Villages in Karur district {{Karur-geo-stub