Tiruvannamalai District is known for eternal peace and divine with the proud possession of the sacred shrine of Lord Arunachaleswara and Ashrams. It had started functioning as a separate district from 30th September 1989, on bifurcation of the erstwhile North Arcot District. |
Tiruvannamalai District came into existence on 30th September 1989 after the bifurcation of the erstwhile North Arcot District. The District lies between 11° 55' and 13° 15' North latitude and 78° 20' to 79° 50' East longitude. The district is bounded on the north and west by Vellore District, on the southwest by Dharmapuri District, on the south by Villupuram District and on the east by Kanchipuram District. |
Red Loam Small patches in the Taluks of Tiruvannmalai, Chengam and Polur
Laterite Soil
Black Soil-Tiruvannamalai, Chengam, Polur, Arni,
Cheyyar and Vandawasi
Sandy Coastal Alluvium Nil
Red Sandy Soil Nil
Tiruvannamalai-Sri ArunachaleswararTemple Ramnashramam Seshathri ashramam ,Ramsurath kumar yogi ashramam
Thandrampat -Sathanur dam
Polur-Padavedu Sri Renugambal temple, Sambuvarayar Fort,
Sri Venugopalaswamy temple, Senbhagathoppu Dam
Kalasapakkam- Vilvarani-Star Temple, Parvathamalai Shiva Temple, Miruganda Dam
Jawadhu hills -Beema falls, Kolappan lake(Boating), Amirthi zoo
Chetpat Thurumalai-Jain Temple, Loorthu Matha Church
Vandavasi-Thennangur Sri Panduranga Temple