Srivilliputtur Town
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.
Srivilliputtur Town
Nachiyarkovil
Head-quarters of the taluk of the same name in Tinnevelly District, Madras, situated in 9° 30' N. and 77" 37' E., 24 miles from the Sattur railway station on the South Indian Railway. It is a famous place of pilgrimage, and contains a large Vaishnav temple with a high tower and hand- some sculptures. Tirumala Naik of Madura (1623-59), the most famous of his line, built for himself a small palace here, in which the ialuk offices are now located. The town was constituted a municipality in 1894. The municipal receipts and expenditure during the eight years after the council was constituted averaged Rs. 16,900 and Rs. 16,800 respectively. In 1903-4 the income, most of which was derived from the house and land taxes and tolls, was Rs. 19,000 and the expenditure Rs. 17,000. The population (1901) is 26,382, con- sisting of 24,943 Hindus, 933 Christians, and 506 Musalmans. A large number of the Brahmans are Vaishnavites, and several of them depend on the temple for their livelihood.
Temple
From Kannan Infratech
The Temple Gopuram in Srivilliputtur was built long back. The scaffolding and the ramps for lifting huge stones to the top started from a village called Malli near Sivakasi which is almost 9 Km from the Gopuram. Elephants and human forces were used to lift the stones.
To reduce the difficulty, a particular drum beat was used as prompt and roll.
