OverView Of Pinnaiyur

Pinnaiyur is one of the historical place and its capital of Ancient king karavelar. He was defeated by Kandars who are the origin of Kandaraditan (uncle of Raja raja cholan)and kalanthagakandar(who ruled the North Tamilnadu) ,Pinnaiyur is having the largest area of fertile land in the Thanjavur District ,The Ancient poet kavichakkaravarthi kambar has praised Pinnaiyur in his poems,Pinnaiyur is popularly called as "pinnaimanagar",which was capital of South India during karavelar time .Pinnaiyur is the “granary” of Thanjavur district, With 98%of literacy rate. Pinnaimanagar has prominent members in the field of Medicine, Engineering, Law, Research, Arts and Science, Politics, Sports, Agriculture. The festival celebrated in this historical village is very famous for its Chariot, lifted manually and carried on the shoulders of the brave people of pinnaiyur for around 30km by tremendous, virtually unstoppable force.