Kaveripakkam


Kaveripakkam is a town panchayat in Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Demographics

As of the 2011 India census, Kaveripakkam had a population of 14,583. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kaveripakkam has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 64%. In Kaveripakkam, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Attractions

Kaveripakkam is a tourist spot known for a lake built by King Nandivarman III of Pallava dynasty. This place was called 'Kavithapakkam' during the reign of the Pallavas. Recent excavations have unearthed 16th century artifacts such as pottery materials and burnt clay products. These artifacts are now displayed at Government Museum in Vellore.
Kaveripakkam lake is the second largest lake in Tamil Nadu. This lake irrigates more than 30 villages. This is the main tourist spot.
Sholingur Narasimha Temple in Sholingur is 25 km away. Puduppadi, Panapakkam and Natteri are places in the neighborhood.
Kaveripakkam is 40 km from Vellore and 78 km west of Chennai International Airport. The nearest rail access points are Walajah Road Junction Railway Station and Sholinghur Railway Station.

Location

On the northern banks of the Palar River, Kaveripakkam is a town in Vellore District of Tamil Nadu. This town, also known as Kaveripak, is 10 km east of Walajapet and 30 km from Kanchipuram.
Kaveripakkam is about 100 km west of Chennai, 40 km east of Vellore and 28 km west of Kanchipuram. Kaveripakkam has more than 50 small villages around the town. Kaveripakkam is the entry town of Vellore Dist

Colleges

Plantain is the most predominant crop in Kaveripakkam followed by rice and sugarcane. Banana fruit and banana tree products are very famous all over the district and state. Till about 70/80 years back betel leaves and Agathi leaves used to be grown in abundance.

History

The war between Raza sahib and Robert Clive was held at this place. This is a well known war between British East India Company and Arcot Nawab. Raza sahib lead 7000 soldiers as a chief commander of Arcot Nawab's army. British forces were led by Robert Clive with 500 soldiers. But with new techniques and new weapons Robert Clive defeated Raza Sahib.
Elders used to tell stories of naming of some villages around Kaveripakkam. After winning a war a king's body was cut into pieces and thrown at different places around the town. The place where liver was thrown was called Eirala cheri. The other names were Uthirampattu, Sirugarumbur and Perugarumbur after sirukudal and perukudal.
During the war periods valuable statues were buried in land near the Shri Sundara Varadharaja perumal temple. The archaeology department found many statues near this temple. Recently a few statues were found during temple renovation.

Important Temples

Apart from above temples, some other small temples are present. In old temples, we could see lot of notable Tamil scripts. Here the ancient note is present on gods.

Notable residents

Vasuki, the wife of great Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar, was born in Kondapuram which is part of Kaveripakkam.
Ariyanatha Mudaliar, the Prime Minister of Krishnadevaroya was born in Kaveripakkam.