Anthiyur

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state_name = Tamil Nadu
district = Erode
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altitude = 251
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Anthiyur (also spelt as Andhiyur or Andiyur) is a panchayat town in Erode district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

Geography

Andiyur is located at coord|11.58|N|77.60|E| [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/38/Andiyur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Andiyur] ] . It has an average elevation of m to ft|251|m|abbr=on.

Demographics

Anthiyur is a small town in Tamil Nadu, India in Erode district. It is a beautiful town surrounded by mountains. It is famous for the forest nearby.

Places of interest

Tippu's fort - Almost destroyed.

Bhadrakalliamman temple-This is one of the oldest temples in Tamil Nadu. Every year, in April during the festival more than 100,000 people gather at this temple. People believe that this is one of the most powerful temples in India.

Gurunathaswamy Temple -

This is one of the oldest temples in Tamil Nadu. Lord Sri Kamatchi, Sri Perumal and Sri Gurunatha swami are the three lords staying in the temple. The temple is located in Pudupalayam near Anthiyur. A festival which is celebrated every year during August 15 is very famous. The cattle market during this festival is well-known all over India. People sell horses, cows, and goats during this festival. Some of the horses are sold for more than 1500,000 Rs. People even come from northern part of India to sell and buy cattle.

Angaalamman Temple -This is one of the oldest temple. The Goddess Angaalaparameshwari also called as Angam Alum Parameshwari. "Angam" means Soul. "Alum" means who controls. "Parameshwari" is the name of the Goddess. It is said that she "Angaalamman" controls the Lord Shiva. This temple belongs to a group of community called Mudaliyar's that too Perunthaali Mudiyar's. The festival is conducted once in 5 years during Shiv Rathri for a period of 1 week which attracts a large mass of people.

Varattupallam dam -This dam is located 12 km from Anthiyur, just below the mountains. During summer evenings elephants can be seen around the dam. Adjacent to this dam is a mountain road that ends at Mysore, in the state of Karnataka.

India's First Bio ANG-

India's First Absorbed Biogas (Low Pressure Biogas Storage) Technology is going to be implemented by EMSI.

Politics

Andhiyur assembly constituency (SC) is part of Gobichettipalayam (Lok Sabha constituency). [cite web
url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
title = List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
accessdate = 2008-10-10
work = Tamil Nadu
publisher = Election Commission of India ]

References

External links

* [http://www.emsi.co.in www.emsi.co.in]
* [http://www.anthiyur.com www.anthiyur.com]