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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

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Town in the Tirutturaippundi Taluk of Tanjore District, Madras, situated in 10° 24' N. and 79° 30 E., with a station on the District board railway. Population (1901), 9,099. It is about 6^ miles from the sea, but communicates with it by the navigable river Koraiyar, a branch of the Cauvery. Possessing the advantage of a protected bay where native craft can moor during bad weather, the town carries on an active trade with Ceylon all the year round, the chief export being rice.