Peraiyur
Peraiyur, a palmyra-shaded fertile village contains a temple of great renown. The
Naganatha-swami (நாகநாத ஸ்வாமி) temple is well known for Naga worship, and
barren women have been making pilgrimage to this village for centuries and
install stone image of Naga-s (நாகம்). The stone images installed over the
centuries now accumulated to give a breathtaking site.
Peraiyur is on the south bank of the Vellaru (வெள்ளாறு). Hand-fans fashioned out of Palmyra
fronds are an important product of this place. Men of the Isai-vellala (இசை
வெள்ளாளர்) or Melakarar (மேளக்காரர்) community in the village make these
hand-fans.
Peraiyur is about 15 km from Pudukkottai, which is just three
kilometers from the Pudukkottai-Kuzhipirai-Ponnamaravathi (புதுக்கோட்டை-குழிபிறை-பொன்னமராவதி)
bus route. Regular bus services and taxi facility is available from
Pudukkottai.
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