Kallidaikurichi
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Kallidaikurichi கல்லிடைக்குறிச்சி |
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 Kallidaikurichi
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| Coordinates: 8°41′06″N 77°27′54″E / 8.685°N 77.465°ECoordinates: 8°41′06″N 77°27′54″E / 8.685°N 77.465°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Kallidaikurichi (
pronunciation ) is a town on the right bank of the Thamiraparani river in Ambasamudram Taluk of Tirunelveli District in Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India. Like any Indian rural town, this town too is steeped in tradition and rich in heritage, struggling to hold on to its past glories. Here the modern co-exist peacefully with the bullock-carts and rickshaws of yesterday years
Kallidaikurichi, endowed with a rich heritage, is dotted with many ancient Hindu shrines in each street in each gramam of the village. These are of ancient temple architecture style having high-rise gopurams (ornamental gateways of temples) with intricate sculptures, heralding the past glory of this region. Muthuswami Dikshitar, the Great carnatic composer, whose songs abound with geographic and iconographic references, sings of the curative properties of the river Thamiraparani. To him, the Goddess at Tirunelveli, is Hima-saila-sutaa (daughter of the mountain snow). The local language is Tamil. Adivaraha Perumal temple represents the principal deity of the present day Kallidaikurichi.
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