Thirupparaitturai is a village in the
Srirangam taluk of
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
Tamil Nadu
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,
India
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. It is situated on the south bank of the
River Cauvery. Trichy-Coimbatore National Highway, Trichy-Palakkad Railway Line (Railway Station: Elamanur) have been laid through this village. It is 16 kilometers away from
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 ...
. The place is known for
Paraithurainathar temple.
History
The ancient
Shiva
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Temple is at a bosom of this village. There were a lot of parai trees in ancient days. As parai trees had grown in abundance in this village in olden days this village is called Thiru "parai" thurai.
This village is also a home to Shri Rajagopalan Swami. The 150 year old temple is adjacent to the Shiva temple.
Boundary of the village
East : Elamanur
West : Perugamani
South: Analai
North: The Holy River Cauvery
Legends
Sri Ramakrishna Tapovanam founded by
Swami Chidbhavananda and Ramakrishna Kudil founded by Bramhachari Ramaswamy are the famous institutions doing commendably Yeoman and meritorious services in the academic domain and in the spiritual sphere from this village.
The Temple
Paraithurainathar temple is a Padal petra sthalam. The great Nayanars and ArunagiriNathar have sung in praise of the presiding deity of Thirupparaitturai temple.
References
External links
* (Sri Ramakrishna Tapovanam website).
Paraithuraishiva temple(official website).
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Villages in Tiruchirappalli district