Thirubuvanai


Thirubuvanai is a village in the union territory of Puducherry, India. It is located in Mannadipet commune panchayat of the Villianur taluk. It serves as the centre of Thirubuvanai. It also hosts a Dodadrinath templebuilt by Parantaka-1 in the 10th century and Vadukeeswarar temple. It also has a primary health centre, police station and fire station.

Sri Thenkalai Varadharaja Perumal Temple

The antiquity of the village goes back to the times of Paranthaga Cholan 1 who built the Varadharaja Perumal temple. It was called as Veeranarayana Vinnagaram after the title of Paranthagar I. The old name of the village was Tirubuvanai Mahadevi Chadurvedi Mangalam, named after the Paranthagar's Queen. The lake of this village was called Kokkilanadi-Pereri, named after another wife of Paranthagar. This is an AEL stone temple displaying the characteristic plinth mouldings, niches and pilasters. There are small but interesting panels around the sanctum depicting scenes from Ramayana and Bhagavata. There are a number of Chola inscriptions in this temple throwing light on the political, social and cultural life of the village. The temple is managed by ASI.

Thirubuvanai Police Station

The police station situated at a distance of 22 km from Headquarters lies on the Villupuram Main Road. It is the west border police station in the Union Territory of Pondicherry. The building was inaugurated by His Excellency H.L Khurana, Governor of Tamil Nadu and Administrator of Pondicherry on 2 June 1984. The police station building contains one S.I Quarter, three H.C’s Quarters and thirteen P.C’s Quarters.

Schools

Road

Thirubuvanai is situated in the midway of the Pondicherry to Villupuram NH45 road. There are several private buses running on daily basis from Thirubuvanai to Pondicherry. The Pondicherry Road Transport Corporation and The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation operates bus services from Pondicherry to Villupuram via Thirubuvanai.

Train

There is no train service available to Thirubuvanai. But one can reach ChinnababuSamuthiram railway station, and or Villupuram railway station which are located around 4 kilometer towards East and 17 km towards west from Thirubuvanai. Daily train services are available from Pondicherry to Villupuram junction via Chinnababu Samuthiram railway station.

Festivals

Sl.NoIndustry NameProduct
1.Whirlpool India limitedWashing Machine
2.SPINCOCotton Mill
3.Rusch AVT LimitedFoley cerborter
4.Auro food limitedRefined Oil
5.Cheslint textilesSpinning cotton
6.New India PalmersBiscuits
7.Brite Brother LtdFiber Plastics
8.Rane LtdSteering for Car
9.Pondy Devi Oil IndustryOil Refinery Plant
10.ACYLGas Cylinder
11.POALGas Manufacturing
12.Ana Bond EssexVaseline Cream
13.Micro LabsMedicines
14.J R Food LtdOil Refined
15.Rebazer Medi plasticsSyringe
16.MaricoCoconut Oil

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