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Ammachatram
Ammachatram is a small and peaceful developing village situated 6KM from Kumbakonam(Temple Town) to Mayiladuthurai route on [State Highway (SH - 64)]
and 277 km away from Chennai.
The village is called as Mela Ammachatram (West) and Ammachatram (East) that's
centered in between UmaMaheswarapuram ,Thirunageswaram(Famous for Rahu and
Oppiliappan temple),
Kumbakonam and Mayiladuthurai which is nearby the
panchayat of Thepperumalnallur (famous for its Bhagavatha mela) and comes
under Kumbakonam and
Thiruvidaimarudur Taluk in Thanjavur District.
About Ammachatram:
Ammachatram is an ancient village prescribed in "Pavishyotta puranam" as "Bairavapuram" after some period it was called as "Sakkuvambalpuram"
or "Ammani Ammal Chatiram", Presently pronounced as Ammachatiram in Tamil.
In that Purana this place is mentioned as a Sin releif place as like as
Kasi (Varanasi) because of the Kalabairavar who is blessing here.
Temples:
The 1500 Years old temple is familiared for
its
Kalabairavar stalam on its Ancient Shiva temple.
The lord Name is Saptharishiswarar and Deities name is Gnanambikai, Five
Lingams (including moolavar), Vinayakar,
Dhakshnamurthi, Murugan, Mahalakshmi, Lingothbavar,Vishnu, Durga,
Chandikeshwarar, Kalabairavar, Saneeswarar, Suriyan, Chandiran, etc. The temple has two stala vritchams one is Vilva
tree and another one is Jackfruit tree. The temple was built by Chola Kings
and still maintaned by Thanjavur Palace people .
The Full moon Ashtami pooja for Kalabairavar is very familiar for its great
power of solving the problems and giving remedies to life. Presently the
temple is under renovation and looking for its Maha Kumbabishekam very soon.
Totally the village consist of four ponds and three almost filled with water
3/4th in one year. Three ponds can view on going by road and fourth one
located at Shiva temple entrance. Also the village has two Vinayakar temples,
Anjaneyar temple ,Kali amman temple, Mariamman Temple and one Draupathi Amman temple.
In Each street small small temples also there.
Facilities:
The
place has lots of Nagar and streets. The Mela Ammachatram is also called
as Cholan Nagar because previously CRC (now TNSTC Kumbakonam) had built their
staff quarters here. The literacy rate of the village is almost 85%.The
village has Post office, Co-operative society, Rations shop, Two nursery
Schools, Three marriage halls, Computer center, fancy shops,
Hardware's, Furniture mart, Saloons, Tailoring shops and more than five
Daily shopping mart in it.
One Nursing school also
available in 1 km from the place called Pillaiyampettai(Now called as Puliam pettai).
Ammachatram village is very comfortable for its frequent
transportation by bus, as well as Car and Auto rickshaws also available to
go to work, schools, shopping and temples etc. If by train we have
to travel 1 km on Thirunageswaram route for
station. Doordarshan Relay station transmitting radio waves from Ammachatram
and it has an Aluminium vessels making industry also in it.
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Transportation:
By Bus
: 1,17,27,33,46,54,64
no town buses, Kumbakonam - Mayiladuthurai route buses
and Some mini buses. (Cholan Nagar or Ammachatram stopping)
By Train : Kumbakonam to Mayiladuthurai Train (Thirunageswaram stop.)
By Air
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Trichy is the very nearest Airport, from there to Kumbakonam 2.30
hrs drive. From Kumbakonam 5 - 10 min drive by road to Ammachatram. From Chennai
airport also road transportation is well connected and journey hrs 6.30 hrs by Bus to
Kumbakonam.
Comments are
invited.
ammachatram@gmail.com,
ammachatramkumbakonam@ymail.com
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