Nanjai Edayar
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Nanjai Edayar நன்செய் இடையார் |
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| Village panchayat | |
 Nanjai Edayar
Nanjai Edayar
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| Coordinates: 11°05′52.7″N 78°02′04.3″E / 11.097972°N 78.034528°ECoordinates: 11°05′52.7″N 78°02′04.3″E / 11.097972°N 78.034528°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Namakkal |
| Taluk | Paramathi Velur taluk |
| Union | Mohanur |
| Founded by | Nanjai Edayar people |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village panchayat |
| • Body | Nanjai Edayar Village panchayat |
| • Chief Minister | J. Jayalalitha |
| • Namakkal M.P. | P. R. Sundaram |
| Elevation | 121 m (397 ft) |
| Demonym(s) | Indian |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil (தமிழ்) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 638182 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-28 |
Nanjai Edayar (Tamil: நன்செய் இடையார்) is a village panchayat located in the Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu state, India.
It is located 25 km south of the district headquarters Namakkal, 3 km from Paramathi Velur the biggest town in Paramathi Velur Taluk, 14 km from Mohanur and 380 km from state capital Chennai.
Kalipalayam (8 km), Manappalli (8 km), Manickanatham (8 km), Irukkur (10 km), Pillaikalathur (10 km) are the nearby villages to Nanjai Edayar.
Thirumanimutharu River joins the Cauvery at Nanjai Edayar.
The founder of popular Kandasamy kandar's trust, Sri. Kandasamy kandar is from Nanjai Edayar. This Vanniyakulakshatria trust is running Government aided Elementary schools, Government aided middle school, Higher secondary schools,Matriculation schools and a college at Paramathi Velur, Namakkal, Kabilarmalai and Nanjai Edayar.
The trust's free homes for students are operated at Paramathi Velur, Salem and Chennai.Also, free milk for village infants has been supplied by Kandar trust for more than 100 years.
The Kandar trust is now headed by Dr.R.Somasundaram.
Apart from popular Thiruveleeswarar temple built by Rajaraja Chola, Azhagu Nachchiyar temple , Mariamman temple and Raja temple complete the list of wonderful temples of this beautiful village.
The said temple has its history back to Mahabharatha days. This is one of the five Shiva temples that Bheema worshipped for being saved from Purusha miruga.
This river Manimutharu starts at Salem and runs through Paramathi Velur and joins the Cauvery at Nanjai Idayaru village. The said five Shiva temples are on the banks of this river – Sukavaneswarar in Salem, Karapuranathar in Uthamachozhapuram, Veeratteeswarar in Pilloor, Bheemeswarar in Mavureddi and Tiruveneeswarar in Nanjai Idayaru.
Worshipping all the five temples simultaneously is considered a great luck bringing showers of benefits to the devotee, according to belief among the people here.
Azhagu nachiar car festival is an important event of this village, held every year.
Though having only one middle school, this village has produced many graduates who have excelled in their respective field.
The early graduate teachers Sri.C.Nagarajan and Sri.V.Swaminathan were proven models that many have taken teaching profession seeing them.
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