Tiruchendur

Tiruchendur is in Tamil Nadu, a state in Southern India, on the shores of the Bay of Bengal. This Town is famous for the Temple of Lord Muguran/ Lord Karthikeya/Lord Subramanya (Son of Lord shiva)

As per legend, demon Soorapadhman had become powerful, after obtaining boons from Lord shiva. His boon was such only the power of Lord Shiva and Devi Parvathi together good destroy him. Lord Murugan was born to Lord shiva and Goddess Parvathi with the powers of Lord Shiva. Devi Parvathi, gifts him a spear out of her own powers, and Lord Murugan sets out to destroy Soorapadman, whose city was built in an island of the Bay of Bengal. However, the demon transforms into a tree to escape. Lord Murugan, uses the spear to break the tree into 2 halves, one of which is transformed into a peacock, used as Murugan's vehicle, while the other becomes a rooster, which is used as Flag symbol. The shores of the Town is filled with blood, turning sand red, and hence the Town was named as Tiruchendur meaning the Red land

The Temple is located exactly on the sea shore. The most fascinating fact of the town was, during the 2006 Tsunami in Bay of Bengal, while the whole of Tamil Nadu was flooded with Sea waters, this Town experienced a very low tide, sending the waves far away from the Temple.

By plane
The nearest airport is Thoothukudi, connected by Flights from major cities of the country, located about 60 km from Tiruchendur. Madurai at 150 km away, is also one of the major airports in the region.

By train
Tiruchendur Railway station has a daily train 16105/06 Chennai tiruchendur Express via Thanjavur, Tiruchirapalli, Madurai and Tirunelveli. The Nearest Major Railhead is Tirunelveli, located about 55 km from here. Tirunelveli is well connected to cities like Chennai, Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai with daily trains, and also to Kolkata, Jammu, New Delhi by weekly trains

By road
Tiruchendur is well connected by road, with regular buses operating from Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Madurai and Rameshwaram operated by the state government of Tamil Nadu. Regular Deluxe buses are also available to Chennai and Bangalore from Tiruchendur.

Buy
Lot of things made from different parts of palm tree are available here. Palm jaggery (karuppatti), Palm sugar (panangarkandu) are good alternatives for sugar and have medicinal values. Especially boxes made from palm leaves used as cartons to contain groceries especially palm jaggery.

Eat
chillu karuppatti is a candy only available in Tiruchendur and surrounding area.Panaṅgizhaṅgu, an edible palmyra root found in Tiruchendur is known for its quality.The boiled panaṅgizhaṅgu are sold by roadside vendors

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