Kovilur, Tiruvannamalai

Kovilur is a village in the Tiruvannamalai District near Cheyyar Town in the Tamil Nadu state of South India^[1] and have a population of 5,123.

Kovilur Covilur
town
Kovilur Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 12.59°N 79.52°E / 12.59; 79.52
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Elevation	99 m (325 ft)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	604404
Telephone code	91(0)4182
Vehicle registration	TN25
Lok Sabha constituency	Arani
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Cheyyar

Geography

Kovilur is located at 12.5866°N 79.5215°E in the north eastern corner of Thiruvannamali district of Tamil Nadu. It is 100 km (60 mi) southwest of Chennai the state capital. Cheyyar and Vandavasi are the two towns which are closer to Kovilur, Cheyyar 8 km (5 mi) and Vandavasi 10 km (6 mi) away.

Cityscape

Kovilur has eleven streets.

Culture

Two Goddesses

Pongal

The highlighting thing in Kovilur during Pongal is Mattu Pongal, i.e. the second day of Pongal. People assemble in a particular place with their bullcarts, bulls and also cows after going around (two times) the Perumal Temple. Then Lord Murugan and Lord Venkateswara are brought to that place and the awaiting peoples get Dharisanam, then go for the Events (Which is conducting by the Raising stars) and leave back to their houses. This total action takes only three hours.

Sura Samhaaram

The Sura Samhaaram Battle where the Suran was killed by Lord Murugan is re-enacted as a drama for six days. During those days in the evening between 7 and 8 pm some of villagers acted as Lord Muruga and Titan Suran then they fight each other, on the sixth day only titan Suran was killed and to enjoy that, people use some crackers. All the peoples assemble in a particular place around 6 pm and they play games—Kabadi for men and Gummi Paattu for women until Suraamharam starts (8 pm). On the seventh day in Eswaran temple lord Murugan's Thiru Kalyanam will take place. This marks the end of the festival.

Adjacent communities