Valady

Valadi
village
Ulagayee temple at Valady
Valadi Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 10°52′N 78°50′E / 10.87°N 78.83°E / 10.87; 78.83Coordinates: 10°52′N 78°50′E / 10.87°N 78.83°E / 10.87; 78.83
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruchirapalli
Elevation	57 m (187 ft)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	621 218
Telephone code	0431

Valady is a zone in Trichy city located on 5 miles from Chathram Bus Terminus in Trichy, Tamil Nadu along the Trichy-Chennai railway. Its size and importance today is much lesser than its status in the pre-independence era, due to massive emigration over the last few decades in search for better career, and its diaspora numbering a few thousands is spread all across the world.

Valady is a primarily agricultural economy and is located in the fertile rice belt of Trichy-Thanjavur region. The presence of the river Kaveri in the region and its supporting canals like Kollidam made three crops a year possible and hence the region became prosperous. One of the first major dams in history, Kallanai built by the Chola kings around 2000 years ago is located few miles from this place. Many of inhabitants also find work in the nearby places of Srirangam and Lalgudi, and with the economic boom in India, there has been a growth in the service industry too. A number of expensive houses have started to come in this region both out of the economic growth and the investment from the diaspora is yet to come due to the long distance from the major financial centers like Chennai and Bangalore.

The old Shiva temple, Vishwanathasamy temple, and the native goddess abode of Ulagayee temple are the main places of worship in Valady. The Lakshminarayana swamy temple is the key highlight to Keezha Valadi. There is also the Keezha Sivan Kovi visited and worshiped by Mahaperiyaval Sri Chandrasekarendra saraswathi swamigal. The famous Vishnu temple of Ranganathaswamy temple, Ganesh temple at Rockfort and the Shiva temple at Thiruvanaikaval are all located in a 5-mile radius from Valady. Also one of the oldest Temple of Elamanadichi Amman Temple with big water tank is located at Thathanoor kallar street Valadi.

Also the famous Lord Goddes Prithyunga Devi temple is located in Sempalani Street.