Kulasekharapatnam
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Kulasekarapatnam Kulasekarapatnam , Kulasekarapattinam |
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| Town | |
 Kulasekarapatnam
Kulasekarapatnam
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| Coordinates: 8°24′0″N 78°3′0″E / 8.40000°N 78.05000°ECoordinates: 8°24′0″N 78°3′0″E / 8.40000°N 78.05000°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Thoothukudi |
| Government | |
| • Body | Kulasekarapatnam Panchayat |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.5 km2 (4.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 12,010 |
| • Density | 960/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 628206 |
| Telephone code | 4639 |
| Vehicle registration | TN 69 |
| Nearest city | Thoothukudi |
| Sex ratio | 1000:1177 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 85.91% |
| Lok Sabha constituency |
Thoothukudi Formerly with Tiruchendur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Tiruchendur |
| Civic agency | Kulasekarapatnam Panchayat Board |
| Climate | Humid (Köppen) |
| Website | www |
Kulasekarapatnam (Kulasekharapattinam, Tamil – குலசேகரப்பட்டிணம்) is a town in the Thoothukudi district (formerly Tinnelvelly or Tirunelveli) of Tamil Nadu, India. Kulasekharapatnam is referred to in Marco Polo's travel diaries dating to 1250 AD. Kulasekharapatnam the name is derived from pandyan ruler Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I. Kulasekharapatnam was an ancient port dating to the 1st centuries of the Christian era and was contemporaneous to the existence of Kollam, Cheran Port, another Pandyan port. Kollam served the Pandyas on the west coast while Kulasekharapatnam served them on the east coast connecting them to Ceylon and the pearl fisheries in the Gulf of Mannar facing the Tirunelveli Coast.
Kulasekharapatnam has Muslim settlements. The other ports on the Coromandel Coast were Kaveripumpattinam (Poompuhar) and Arikamedu (near Pondicherry). On the west coast the ancient ports were Kollam and Kodungallur and Barugachha (Broach) in Gujarat.
The famous Mutharamman Temple, which is 300 years old, is located in this place. The ancient port had connections with Sri Lanka. This place lost significance once Tuticorin became a big port. Also, at the north of this village, an ancient marvelous Temple Dharmasvardhni has situated.
Marco Polo describes the Pandyan port city of Kulasekharapatnam which even now we can see in the seashore of Kulasekharapatnam that Some Pillars which were used to give the right direction for ships as it is at this city that all the ships touch that come from the west, as from Hormos and from Kis and from Aden, and all Arabia, laden with horses and with other things for sale. And this brings a great concourse of people from the country round about, and so there is great business done in this city.
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