22-535: Veeranarayanapuram Lake also Known as Veeranam Lake is located 14 km (8.7 mi) SSW in Cuddalore district in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India 1 km (0.62 mi) from Kattumannarkoil . It is located 235 km (146 mi) from Chennai , India . It is one of the water reservoirs from where water is supplied to Chennai city. The lake has a capacity to store about 1,465 mcft of water (1.46 TMC). Though
44-461: A prison for habitual offenders in 1986. The poet Subramanya Bharathi was confined in this prison during the freedom struggle from 20 September 1918 to 14 December 1918. The prison is authorised to accommodate 723 prisoners. It is first jail in Tamil Nadu This article about an Indian building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This prison-related article
66-442: A sex-ratio of 987 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. 33.97% of the population lived in urban areas. A total of 279,950 were under the age of six, constituting 147,644 males and 132,306 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 29.32% and 0.6% of the population, respectively. The average literacy of the district was 79%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The district had
88-480: A total of 635,578 households. There were a total of 1,169,880 workers, comprising 136,035 cultivators, 325,599 main agricultural labourers, 19,151 in house hold industries, 356,486 other workers, 332,609 marginal workers, 29,135 marginal cultivators, 213,813 marginal agricultural labourers, 12,876 marginal workers in household industries and 76,785 other marginal workers. The district has a population density of 702 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,820/sq mi). At
110-587: A war against Pallava kings. He named it after the Vishnu temple located near by and it was also his father's Parantaka I 's title name "Veeranarayanan". The lake was originally named as Veeranarayana Mangalam lake, and was about 20 km long and 7 km wide then. The lake gets water from Kollidam via Vadavaru River. The lake remains dry for the major part of the year. Water released from the Mettur dam through Kollidam and Lower Anicut would also bring in sufficient inflow into
132-596: Is an historically important landmark. Subramanya Bharathi and other political leaders served prison terms there. Cuddalore district is prone to natural calamities having experienced landfalls of major cyclones formed in the Bay of Bengal region. Apart from the cyclones, 2004 Tsunami caused massive damages to life and property in Cuddalore and its adjacent Nagapattinam district. Cyclone Thane, which made landfall here, caused major loss to life and property. Tsunami waves that followed
154-437: Is bounded on the north by Viluppuram District and Kallakurichi district , on the east by the Bay of Bengal , on the northeast by Puducherry district of the union territory Puducherry , on the south by Mayiladuthurai district , on the west by Perambalur District and by a small part with Thanjavur district . The district is drained by Gadilam and Ponnaiyar rivers in the north, Vellar and Kollidam River (Coleroon) in
176-461: The 2015 South India floods . Six of the district's 13 blocks suffered extensive damage during the floods in November. The resumption of heavy rainfall from 1 December once again inundated the Cuddalore municipality and the district, displacing tens of thousands of people. Rains continued through 9 December. Despite the state government and individuals sending rescue teams and tonnes of relief materials to
198-435: The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake near Sumatra hit the eastern coast of India on 26 December 2004 at 08:32 am, resulting in 572 casualties. Several fishing hamlets disappeared, while Silver Beach and the historically important Cuddalore Port were devastated. Fort St. David survived without damage. In 2012, Cyclone Thane caused widespread damage to crops and buildings. Cuddalore district was among those most severely affected by
220-700: The Veeranam Lake. The lake received sufficient inflow in April enabling supply to the city for three months. With heavy rain in Western Ghats, the lake almost got its storage capacity as it received inflow from the Cauvery tributaries of Bhavani and Amaravathi . The Veeranam project, to supply water to Chennai, was conceived in 1967 by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, C. N. Annadurai , and executed under his successor, M. Karunanidhi . The project's completion in 2004 by
242-455: The banks of Veeranam lake during spring season. He also makes a reference to the fact, that Ramanujacharya decided on the number of 74 Peetas - 74 simhasanathipathigal based on the number of 74 openings in the lake. Cuddalore district Cuddalore District is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India . Since ancient times, the old town has been a seaport. Through
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#1733085458222264-600: The building of the Bhavanisagar Dam in 1955. The credit goes to ancient people who have done this job with ordinary hand made tools. The opening chapter of the book Ponniyin Selvan is set on the banks of the Veera Narayana Lake. Kalki Krishnamurthy gives an elaborate description of the features of the lake and the way multiple rivers flow into the lake. Kalki added Chola princess Kundavi used to come for refreshment at
286-642: The centuries, Cuddalore has been subject to a number of foreign powers including the Netherlands , Portugal , France and more recently, the British. In the 1600s, the French and English came to Cuddalore for trade and business. The French established a settlement at Pondicherry and the British at Cuddalore. The French and English, while engaged in the Seven Years' War, fought the naval Battle of Cuddalore on 29 April 1758. It
308-688: The district include paddy , sugarcane , groundnut , cumbu , maize , cashew , pulses (Blackgram and Greengram), tapioca , jackfruit , guava and brinjal . The most important cash crop of the district is cashew. Sugarcane is the next most important cash crop of the District (Cuddalore is also known as the Sugarbowl of Tamil Nadu). Many cashew processing units are located in Panrutiblocks. EID Parry, located in Nellikuppam , near Cuddalore, undertakes most of
330-521: The district, thousands of those affected continued to lack basic supplies due to inadequate distribution efforts; this resulted in several relief lorries being stopped and looted by survivors. Large swaths of Cuddalore city and the district remained inundated as of 10 December, with thousands of residents marooned by floodwaters and over 60,000 hectares (150,000 acres; 600,000,000 m ) of farmland inundated; over 30,000 people had been evacuated to relief camps. The district has an area of 3,564 km . It
352-501: The level in the Veeranam lake has dipped to 323 million cubic feet (mcft), the same amount of 180 mld (million litres a day) was being drawn for supply to Chennai City. Veeranam Lake was built in the 10th century during the time of Greater Cholas (907–955 CE) and is a 16-kilometre (9.9 mi) long dam in northern Tamil Nadu. It was built by Rajaditya Chola with his soldiers during leisure times, when they had camped at Thirumunaipadi for
374-586: The south. In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Cuddalore one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640 ). It is one of the six districts in Tamil Nadu currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). Languages of Cuddalore district (2011) According to 2011 census , Cuddalore district had a population of 2,605,914 with
396-404: The sugarcane-related procurement and processing from the growers and is supplied to some other mills and mill towns located in the district, such as Moongilthuraipattu and Thirupathur . Cuddalore Central Prison Cuddalore Central Prison is located in Cuddalore , India . The prison was built during 1865 and initially used for housing mentally challenged people. It was converted into
418-406: The then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J. Jayalalitha . It was impossible to use any water from the lake since it had run dry, and the face-saving proposal adopted by the authorities was to dig 45 deep borewells around the area and pump the resulting water 235 km (146 mi) to Chennai via the pipeline. The length of the lake is 14 km and this may have been the largest lake in Tamil Nadu until
440-439: The time of the 2011 census, 97.59% of the population spoke Tamil and 0.96% Telugu as their first language. Cuddalore District comprises 10 taluks , 13 Blocks , 1 Municipal corporation 6 Municipalities and 16 Town Panchayats . Municipal corporation Municipality Town Panchayat Taluks Revenue block Revenue division Cuddalore district consists of the following urban regions (cities): Important crops grown in
462-806: The town was returned to Britain as part of a peace treaty. In 1782, during the Second Anglo Mysore war, the French troops allied with Tipu Sultan and won over the British, after which Cuddalore became a chief port against the French. In 1783, General James Stuart (1735–1793) led his troops to fend off French troops. There were five different naval actions off the coast during the same year, all of which were indecisive. Some streets in Cuddalore retain British names such as Clive Street, Wellington Street, Sloper Street, Canning Street, Rope Street (Rope Street, Wellington Street, Sloper Street and Canning Street jointly known as Salangukara Village), Lawrence Road and Imperial Road. The Cuddalore Central Prison , opened in 1865,
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#1733085458222484-540: Was an indecisive battle between a British squadron, under Vice-Admiral George Pocock and a French squadron, under Comte d'Aché and the newly appointed Governor General Comte Thomas Lally. Cuddalore surrendered to French troops on 29 April 1758. From 1789 to 1794, there was further unrest in Cuddalore due to the War of American Independence and the Second Anglo-Mysore War culminating in the siege of Cuddalore, after which
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