Thiruvennainallur is a Taluk in Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is about 24 km from Viluppuram and 22 km from Thirukkoilur. It is a major agricultural region where sugarcane is grown aplenty. The town is built around the Kripapureeswarar Temple.Entire panchayat divided into two revenue villages and North village administrative office and South village administrative office.The Revenue Inspector office. Thiruvennai nallur new taluka is formed headquarters at thiruvennai nallur 3 firkas vtz., Thiruvennainallur, Sithilangamadam existing Thirukkoilur taluk and Arasur of the existing Ullundurpettai taluka are attached with villuppuram revenue and villuppuram district announced on 12.11.2019.
Demographics
Indiacensus, Thiruvennainallur had a population of 8517. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Thiruvennainallur has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 59%. In Thiruvennainallur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. Contrary to the popular belief that Sadaiyappa Vallal, the man who supported Kambar ruled here, the lexicon Abithana Chintamani clarifies that there was another Thiruvennainallur in the Thanjavur District, where Kambar was born. Thiruvennainallur is famous for the temple of Lord Shiva, where Sundarar started singing the praise of God after being shown the path of light by the God Himself. Additionally, this is the place where the sage Sandalya was in his penance and attained moksha.
Villages
The villages nearby Thiruvennainallur have got importance for its Tradition and tourist resource. Thiruedayaru is a small village is at a distance of 6 km from Thiruvennainallur. This village is being respected for having its monumental evidence of chola kingdom's Lord shiva temple. The temple here was built for Lord Marutheeswarar, is a 1,000-year-old build and having wonderful sculptors and monuments. The Temple is another sign of Chola rulers and equally respected with Tanjore Lord Bragadeeswarar Temple. T. Edayaru is also well known for banking pennar river and beautiful landscapes nearby. T. Edayaru is considered a good example of Tamil culture and History. One of the famous Tamil poets, Vennaivelan belongs to Thiruvennainallur. Well-known writer of Śiva Jñāna Bodham, Meykandar born in Tirupennākadam, but stayed here in Thiruvennainallur from the age of three. While he was playing on the street of Thiruvennainallur he got blessings from sage Paranjothi; from that he came to know well about "mai". Later he was called Maikandaar. Then wrote the poem Sivagnanabotham. Now his book became one of the important poems among Saiva sithaantham. Well-known writer Kamban was helped by Sadaiyappa vallal, whose birthplace is this same Thiruvennainallur.
