Mayiladuthurai

Mayiladuthurai earlier known as Mayaam or Mayuram is a noteworthy town in Nagapattinam locale in Tamil Nadu, India. It is the central station of the Mayiladuthurai taluk. The town is situated at a separation of 60 km 37 mi from the region base camp Nagapattinam and 281 km 175 mi from the state capital Chennai. Mayiladuthurai is known for the Mayuranathaswami Temple, a conspicuous Shaivite shrine. It is very much associated by street and rail transport medium. Mayiladuthurai is regulated by a district set up in 1865.

Mayiladuthurai was managed by Medieval Cholas and along these lines governed by different administrations including the Vijayanagar Empire, Delhi Sultanate, Thanjavur Nayaks, Thanjavur Marathas and the British Empire. Mayiladuthurai was a piece of the past Tanjore area until the point that India's freedom in 1947 and Thanjavur locale until 1991 and in this manner a piece of the recently shaped Nagapattinam region. The town is known for agribusiness, metal working and weaving. The locale around Mayiladuthurai has impressive mineral stores. Roadways are the real method of transportation to the town and it additionally has rail network. The economy of Mayiladuthurai is fundamentally agro-based. The fundamental results of Mayiladuthurai are rice, coconuts and plaintains.