Kavalur
Kavalur is a village in the Jawadhu Hills in Vaniyambadi taluk, Tirupathur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The village hosts the Vainu Bappu Observatory, which was established in the 1970s, and contains the 1-meter Carl Zeiss Telescope, and the 2.3-meter Vainu Bappu telescope.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agaramangudi and Melattur.
Agaramangudi
Village
Agaramangudi is a village in the Papanasam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.
Melattur
Village
Melattur is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 18 kilometres from the town of Thanjavur. It is the origin of the Melattur style of Bharatanatyam founded by Mangudi Dorairaja Iyer and a series of dance-drama performances called the Bhagavatha Melas. Melattur is situated 2½ km east of Kavalur.
Ayyampettai
Town
Ayyampettai is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 15 km from Thanjavur and 24 km from Kumbakonam. Chakkarapalli, Pasupathikoil, Valuthoor, Vadakkumangudi, Pattukudi and Illuppakkorai villages are near to this town. Ayyampettai is situated 5 km northwest of Kavalur.
Kavalur
- Type: Hamlet with 472 residents
- Description: Village in Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India
- Categories: village in India and locality
- Location: Papanasam, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
10.85857° or 10° 51′ 31″ northLongitude
79.21534° or 79° 12′ 55″ eastPopulation
472Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)Open location code
7J2XV658+C4OpenStreetMap ID
node 10621357209OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
11189055Wikidata ID
Q6379072
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Tamil—“Kavalur” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Kavalur”
- Cebuano: “Kavalūr”
- Dutch: “Kavalur”
- French: “Kavalur”
- Hindi: “कावलूर”
- Ladin: “Kavalur”
- Malayalam: “കാവലൂർ”
- Swedish: “Kavalūr”
- Tamil: “காவலூர்”
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