Thenthiruperai is a

panchayat town A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

Thoothukudi district Thoothukudi District is one of the List of districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts of Tamil Nadu States and territories of India, state in southern India. The district was formed by bifurcation of Tirunelveli district on 20 October 1986. Tuticori ...

in the Indian state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil languag ...

. It is one of the nine temple shrines that constitutes

Nava Tirupathi The Nava Tirupati () refers to a group of nine Hindu temples dedicated to Vishnu, located on the Tiruchendur-Tirunelveli route, Tamil Nadu, India, on the banks of the Thamirabarani river. Each of these temples is classified as a Divya Desam, cou ...

temples. It is also hosts one of the Navakailasams, Then Thiruperai Sri Kailasanathar Temple, the seventh in the series.

Demographics

Thenthiruperai is a Town Panchayat city in district of Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu. The Thenthiruperai city is divided into 12 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Thenthiruperai Town Panchayat has population of 4,934 of which 2,425 are males while 2,509 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 454 which is 9.20% of total population of Thenthiruperai.In Thenthiruperai Town Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 1035 against state average of 996. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Thenthiruperai is around 1018 compared to Tamil Nadu state average of 943. Literacy rate of Thenthiruperai city is 89.49% higher than state average of 80.09%. In Thenthiruperai, Male literacy is around 93.27% while female literacy rate is 85.83%.

Administration

Thenthiruperai Town Panchayat has total administration over 1,276 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Town Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Landmarks

Makara Nedunkuzhaikathar Temple

Makara Nedunkuzhai Kannan Temple, is one of the

, nine Hindu temples dedicated to

Lord Vishnu Vishnu ( ; , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism. Vishnu is known as "The Prese ...

located in

Tiruchendur Tiruchendur is a municipality located in Thoothukudi District, Tamil Nadu, India. It is home to the Arulmigu Subramaniya Swamy Temple, which is one of the Six Abodes of Murugan. Etymology Tiruchendur, a temple town like many towns in the s ...

Tirunelveli Tirunelveli (, ta, திருநெல்வேலி, translit=Tirunelveli) also known as Nellai ( ta, நெல்லை, translit=Nellai) and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the Indian state of Tam ...

route,

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in the banks of Thamiraparani river.

Sri Kailasanathar Temple, Then Thirupperai

This is the seventh in the Nava Kailasam temples, which is dedicated to the God Budha (planet Mercury). The temple is nearly 500–1000 years old. The primary deity of the temple, Lord Shiva is worshipped as Ponnammai Sametha Kailasanathar or simply Kailasanathar. Mother Goddess Shakti is worshipped as Azhahiya Ponnammai. Shrine of Mother Azhahiya Ponnammai is located on the right side of Sanctum facing east. Nandi murti is found facing the main Shivalingam. Here Nandhi with turban is a special feature. Shrines for Vallabha Ganapati, Sakthi Vinayaka, Kannimoola Ganapati, and Sidhi vinayaka can be found in the Temple premises. In this temple, a shrine of Kala bhairava with six hands can be found; here Lord is considered to be in the form of Vedas, he doesn't have his usual vehicle dog. The other subsidiary deities worshipped here include Muruga and Navaghrahas. Lord Muruga here looks like Sri Shanmuganathar of Thiruchendur with Valli and Devasena. Moon, Guru, Venus on horse chariot, Guru and Venus with eight horses, the Sun with 7 horses and Moon with 10 horses, and this is unique in this temple. This temple is dedicated to the Sri Budhan (Mercury) and is called as Budhan Sthalam. Vilwa is the tree associated with the temple. The Agamam or pooja rules of this temple is known as Kameeyam.

Thamirabharani River

This river starts from Podhigai malai and ends at the Bay of bengal.

References

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