Dharmanathapuram

Dharmanathapuram
Country	India
State , Region	Tamil Nadu, Chola Nadu
District	Tiruchirapalli
Division	Lalgudi division [1]
Taluk	Lalgudi taluk
State Assembly Constituency	Lalgudi (1952 onwards)
Lok Sabha Constituency	Perambalur since 2009
Government
• Type	Village
• Body	village panchayat
Elevation	57 m (187 ft)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code	0431
Vehicle registration	TN-48

Dharmanathapuram (தர்மநாதபுரம்) is the village near Lalgudi in Tiruchirapalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It heads the revenue village of Neikuppai south.The village of Dharmanathapuram was surrounded by fertile wet lands. The village had the population of 200.^[2]

HISTORY

Dharmanathapuram was established during early British India by the then landlord Savarimuthu udayar and his son in law Y. Savarimuthu Udayar. Today the people live in Dharmanathapuram are their great grands and their martinal great grands. They all are belong to the community Parkavakulam.

Shine

St. Paul of Thebes Church, Dharmanathapuram (புனித வனத்து சின்னப்பர் ஆலயம்) is the Roman Catholic shine present in this evergreen village of dharmanathapuram. The old shine was built during last 19th century its roof is made of tile, it had a tower of about 30 ft height from ground level. Due to the building become weak and old it was demolist during 1983. The first stone is lied in 1983 for the construction of new shine, After complition in 1987, the shine was blessed and opened by Paul Arulsamy the then Bishop of kumbakonam.

Transport

Dharmanathapuram is lies in the district highway from Lalgudi Santhapettai to Dharmanathapuram. It is 8 km away from lalgudi, 4 km away from Purathakudi and 10 km from Samayapuram.

Air transport

The nearest airport is Tiruchirappalli International Airport ^[3] just 25 km from Dharmanathapuram.

Railway

The nearest railway stations are mandurai, valadi and lalgudi railway station.

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