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MANALOOR IS AN NICE AND BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE.ITS LOCATED 7 KMS FROM SANKARANKOVIL.ITS LOCATED IN SANKARANKOVIL TO RAJAPALAYAM ROAD,NEXT TO AVK INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL AND OPPOSITE TO MADASAMY TEMPLE.FROM THE MAIN ROAD 2.4 KMS YOU CAN REACH MANALOOR.HARDLY HALF AN HOUR DRIVE FROM SANKARANKOVIL OR KARIVALAMVANTHANALLUR.
ITS NAMED AS MANALOOR BECAUSE OF ONE FAMOUS SIVAN TEMPLE LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE VILLAGE AND FOUND CLOSED BY SAND.LORD SIVA WAS COME IN TO THE DREAM OF THE PANDIYA KING ATHIVEERARAMA PANDIAN AND TOLD THAT TO OPEN THE SAND IN THE PARTICULAR PLACE(MANALOOR) AND TAKE ME OUT AND START POOJA.HE ALSO DID THE SAME.SO THIS WAY THE NAME WAS FOUND.
MAIN OCCUPATION OF THE VILLAGE IS AGRICULTURE.MANALOOR JASMINE IS VERY FAMOUS IN TAMILNADU.
VILLAGE HAS SORROUNDED WITH SO MANY TEMPLES.IN THE CENTRE OF THE VILLAGE ONE FAMOUS ARULMIGU VINAYAGAR TEMPLE WITH THEPPAM WAS CONSTRUCTED BY MR.VAIYALINGAM CHETTIAR & MAINTAINED BY HIS SON MR.RAMASAMY.
IN WEST OF THE VILLAGE FAMOUS KRISHNAN TEMPLE,SOUTH PATHIRAKALI AMMAN TEMPLE,VINAYAGAR TEMPLE AND NORTH KALIAMMAN TEMPLE ALSO THERE.ONE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND GOVT SCHOOL TILL 8TH STD,POST OFFICE,RATION SHOP ALSO THERE.PINCODE OF THIS MANALOOR IS 627756.
PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE ARE SO CULTURED AND DISCIPLINED.MUCH OF THEM ARE DEVOTEES OF GOD MARIAMMAN,AYYAPPAN,MURUGAN.
FAMOUS FESTIVAL OF THE VILLAGE IS KALIAMMAN KOVIL PONGAL AND KRISHNAN KOVIL THIRUVIZHA.
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