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Virudhunagar previously known as Karmavirer Kamarajar District is a municipal and an administrative town located in Virudhunagar district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It forms the headquarters of the district. “Virudhu” refers to Award in Tamil. This place is a business hub and exports all the agricultural products that it produces. The massive growth in trade and education led to the change in name of the place from as Karmavirer Kamarajar to Virudhunagar.
PLACES OF INTEREST:
VIRUDHUNAGAR MARIAMMAN TEMPLE: This four hundred year old temple has flocks of ardent devotees offering their prayers to the presiding deity Mariamman. ‘Panguni Pongal’, the yearly festival of the Tamilians are also celebrated here.
ARUPPU KOTTAI: This centre is famous for its handlooms. Ladies often end up buying innumerable cotton and silk sarees at reasonable prices from this centre. This is not only famous for its sarees but also for the woven towels, bed sheets, lungis etc.
AYYANAR FALLS: This waterfall cascading down the hills is a sight to behold. This place is only 12km from Virudhunagar and is one of the favourite picnic destinations of the region.
BHOOMINATHASWAMY TEMPLE: This temple located 40km form Virudhunagar has many devotees coming to offer prayers and services to Thunaimalai Amman. It is one of the most popular centres of the region.
KULLURSANDAI RESERVOIR: This place is one of the upcoming picnic spots. Provisions for boating are being made for the tourists coming to visit this place. This reservoir has been made on the Kowsiga Mahanadi and allures many pretty birds which enable the tourists to watch these beautiful creatures of nature.
IRUKKANGUDI: This place located at the Arjuna nadi and the Vaippar is an important destination for ardent devotees. During the month of Panguni, an important local festival Panguni Uttiram is celebrated here.
SHOPPING: Virudhunagar is shopping paradise for all the people visiting the place. Shopping here is real fun because of the fact that one can get what one wants at affordable prices. Tourists visiting this place can splurge on various items found at the different shops. People not only do window shopping, but also indulge in various goodies found in the shop. Tourists from different places come here and shop from this small town taking home great shopping experiences.
HOTELS: There are a number of hotels in Vembakkottai that provides exquisite food together with good ambience. Some of the hotels worth staying are:
Hotel Carnation
Bells hotel
Hotel Banu
The Gateway Hotel
GRT Regency
Hotel Germanus
Hotel Supreme
TRANSPORT: Being well connected by roads, railways and air this place is convenient to reach.
ROAD: Virudhunagar is well connected by road to all the major towns. The roads being well developed make the journey very comfortable to the tourists.
AIR: The nearest airport is the Madurai Airport which is only about  43km from Virudhunagar.
RAIL: One can also avail the passenger trains from Tirunelveli Railway Station to reach Virudhunagar.
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