Town Profile
- Samalapuram Town Panchayat Located 16.00 K.M distance from Tirupur District.
- Nearest Railway Station Name : Somanur , This Railway Station Located 5.00 k.m Distance from samalapuram
- Nearest Airport Located in : Sulur
- Bus Route Details : : Tiruppur to Somanur
- Soliswarar Temple - Ward No : 1 - Street Name - Eswaran Kovil Street
- Varatharaj Perumal Temple - Ward No : 1 - Street Name - Karuparayan Kovil Street
- Kulandai Velayuthasamy Temple - Ward No : 5 - Street Name - Kulandai Velayuthasamy street
- Ayyan Temple - Ward No : 9 - Street Name - Ayyan Kovil Street
| Festival Name | How many Days Celebrated | Which Month Celebrated | No of Peoples Participated | Notified/Non Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thaipoosam | 7 | JAN | 20000 | NON-NOTIFIED |
| Thiruvathirai | 7 | JAN | 30000 | NON-NOTIFIED |
| Maha Sivarathiri | 1 | FEB | 5000 | NON-NOTIFIED |
| Vaigunda Egathasi | 2 | JAN | 6000 | NON-NOTIFIED |
| Nearest City Name | Direction | Distance from Town Panchayat |
|---|---|---|
| Tiruppur | East | 16.00 K.m |
| Sulur | West | 17.00 K.m |
| Avinashi | North | 20.00 K.m |
| Palladam | South | 16.00 K.m |
TIRUPPUR DISTRICT
SAMALAPURAM TOWN PANCHAYAT
TOWN PROFILE
INTRODUCTION.
1.Town
Profile.
Samalapuram Town Panchayat is located on Somanur to Tirupur main Road at a distance of 16 kms from Tiruppur . The famous "Vazhai Thottatu Ayyan kovil " is located at the heart of the town. Visiting places such as "Vazhai Thottatu Ayyan kovil , at Ayyampalayam in Samalapuram town Panchayat area. Many people residing at Samalapuram are working in Power loom, Sizing mills . The population of the Town was 20618 in 2011. There are number of substantial riots living in this town. The total revenue of the Town depends agriculture & Power loom units.
Samalapuram Panchayat is situated in Palladam taluk in Tiruppur District.
It was told that once upon a time when Cholas ruled south
Samalapuram was announced as a panchayat by the R.O.C .No 5628/56 on 10.4.1956 . It was upgraded as II Grade town panchayat on 1.9.1968 by the Ordeer of Director of Rural development, no 4/67 dated 26.3.1968
Later it was announced as I Grade Town Panchayat by the R.O.C No 26181/84 dated 3.1.1985 by the Director of Town Panchayat Chennai.
Here the main occupation of People is Agriculture for the past 50 years , Hand loom and powerloom and spinning mills are also flourishing and function ring successfully.
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IMPORTANCE
TEMPLES OF SAMALAPURAM
AYY AYYAN
KOVIL
Arul Mighu Vazhai Thottathu Ayyan Thirukoil is situated in Samalapuram . This temple is very famour and it is believed that it cures the bite of poisonous insects and animals aspecially snakes . Every year Thiruvathirai festival is celebrated on Markazhi month. An annual income of 75 Laks is obtained from the temple . Yearly more than 1 lakj of pilgrims visit that temple. The temple provides
“Anna Dhanam “ on all important days. A School is Administrated by this temple. Nearby 1500 Students are Studing here. 50 Students are boarding in the School. All the Expenses for them including residence, food, clothing etc., is provided by the temple trust. Yearly once “ Gomatha PooJa “ is organised by the temple and it was conducted successfully. The temple is looked after by the Assistan Commissioner Endoment Board Chennai.
MA MALAI
KOVIL
A famous Muruga temple called KulanthaiVelayuthasamy Swamy temple is situated in Velayuthampalayam in Samalpuarm Town Panchayat. “Thai Poosam” is celebrated here every year in a very grand manner
Pe PERUMAL TEMPLE
A Perumal temple is situated on the southern bank of Noyyal river . It was very ancient temple and the name of the god is Sri “ Varadharaja Perumal “ God appeor in Sleeping manner with Boomidevi and Neela devi The Koil Kuda Mulukku Vizha was celebraded on 23.1.1994 . It was looked after well when chola ruled Kongu Mandalam. The “ Patters of this temple were taken from Kanchipuram and their posterity are looking after the temple fill now. According to the inscriptions, we came to know that were collected from the sellers of pepper and salt by the temple. This money was used to celebrate Vaigunda yegathesi. Samalapuram was once a trading centre and a famous town.