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Modaiyur
Town
Temple View from hill Temple View from hill
Nickname:  Devikai
Modaiyur Location in Tamil Nadu, India Modaiyur Modaiyur (India)
Coordinates: 12.5064267°N 79.2267875°E / 12.5064267; 79.2267875
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvanamalai
Government
• Body	Village Panchat
Population  (2018)
• Total	5,000
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	TN 25
Sex ratio	1:1 ♂/♀

Modaiyur viewed from Hill

Modaiyur is a village panchayat located in the Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil-Nadu state,India. The latitude 12.231124 and longitude 79.4917435 are the geocoordinate of the Modaiyur. Chennai is the state capital for Modaiyur village. It is located around 129.4 kilometer away from Modaiyur.. The other nearest state capital from Modaiyur is Pondicherry and its distance is 49.0 KM. The other surrouning state capitals are Pondicherry 49.0 KM., Bangalore 224.6 KM., Thiruvananthapuram 489.6 KM.,

Location

The surrounding nearby villages and its distance from Modaiyur are Thumbur 23.5 KM , Kothandavadi , Devimangalam , Maruthuvambadi , Kolakkaravadi , Thachambadi , Athurai , Semmiyamangalam , Arumbalur , Mandakolathur , Kilpattu , Ettivadi , Vadamathimangalam , Randam , Gudalore , Appedu , Kolavoor , Chetput , Madavilagam , Thirumalai , .

Transport

Road

Modaiyur is located on State Highway 115.

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Modaiyur Periyanayagi Temple

This village can be easily reached by bus from:

• Chennai (150 km)
• Thiruvannamalai(50 km)
• Arni (21 km)
• Polur (14 km) and
• Vellore (60 km)

From Vandavasi: Chennai to Vandavasi (via Uthiramerur/Thennangur) – 128 approx km Vandavasi to Chetput – 27 km Chetput to Modaiyur – 12 km

From Arani: Arani – 21 km

From Polur: Polur to Modaiyur – 11 km

Buses are plying to Modaiyur from Chennai ( CMBT )round the clock with Bus No.148( Direct Bus) and Bus No. 131(Via Kanchipuram). Town and mofussil buses from Arni, Chetpet and Polur are available.

Rail

• Polur is the nearby Railway station. Services have been resumed after the conversion of track. Trains arrives/depart to/from Katpadi, Vellore, Thiruvannamalai, Villupuram, Madurai, Nagarkoil and Mumbai, there daily two trains to tirupati .
• Train details

Air

• Chennai (Domestic & International) (150 km)
• Bangalore (Domestic & International) (350 km)

Temples

1. Periyanayagi Amman Temple
2. Our lady of good health church
3. Ponmalai Nathar Temple, aka Kanagagireeswar (on hill)
4. Thiru Kameswar temple
5. Balamurugan Temple (on hill)
6. Adhiparasakthi temple at the footsteps of hills
7. Pillayar temple at pillayar koil st
8. Anuman temple
9. Few temples for 'village gods' like Muthalamman, Mariamman, Kaali, Throupathi (Panjaali), Pachaiamman
10. Aandavar Malai Kolakkaravadi Hill

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Modaiyur-sunset3

Economy

1. Agriculture (Rice & Sugarcane)
2. Milk
3. Silk saree production (extensively done by half of the population)

Educational Institutions

1. Government boys school (Higher secondary)
2. Government girls school (High school)
3. Government elementary school
4. Cluny Matriculation school (Private)
5. RCM School (Elementary level)
6. Annamalaiar College of engineering

Banks

1. Union Bank of India
2. ICICI Bank(At nearing village Devikapuram)
3. Indian Bank(At nearing village Devikapuram)
4. State Bank of India (At nearing village Thachur)

Hospitals

1. Govt Hospital
2. Few private clinics
3. Nirmala clinic cluny (Devikapuram)

References

1. http://www.Modaiyur.in/
2. http://www.templenet.com/Tamilnadu/Modaiyur.html
3. http://www.omarunachala.com/Modaiyur.asp
4. http://Modaiyur.wordpress.com/