Virudhaachalam

Virudhaachalam is a town in the Cuddalore to Salem Highway next to in state in . It is primarily a pilgrimage centre with an enormous Shiva temple, the Viruthagiriswarar temple, from which the name arose.
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  • Type: Town with 75,000 residents
  • Description: Village in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Virudhachalam” and “Vridhachalam”
  • Historically known as: “Thirumudhukundram” and “Vriddhachalam”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vriddhachalam Junction railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Dr. Chinchu C., CC BY 4.0.
is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is located in Cuddalore district in the Indian state of and serves Virudhachalam.

Virudhaachalam

Latitude
11.5164° or 11° 30′ 59″ north
Longitude
79.3288° or 79° 19′ 44″ east
Population
75,000
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Open location code
7J3XG88H+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4592194580
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8223970
Wiki­data ID
Q2465654
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Virudhaachalam” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “ভ্রিন্দাকালাম, ভিরুদাকালাম”
  • Bishnupriya: “বিরোধচলম”
  • Bulgarian: “Вирудхачалам”
  • Cebuano: “Virudhachalam”
  • Chinese: “維魯達恰拉姆”
  • Chinese: “维鲁达恰拉姆”
  • Dutch: “Virudhachalam”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Virudhachalam”
  • French: “Virudhachalam”
  • German: “Virudhachalam”
  • Gujarati: “વિરૃધાચલમ”
  • Hindi: “वृद्धाचलम”
  • Indonesian: “Virudhaachalam”
  • Irish: “Virudhachalam”
  • Italian: “Virudhachalam”
  • Japanese: “ヴィルーダチャラム”
  • Japanese: “ビルダチャラム”
  • Kannada: “ವಿರುದ್ಧಾಚಲಂ”
  • Kannada: “ವೃದ್ಧಾಚಲಂ”
  • Korean: “비루다찰람”
  • Malagasy: “Virudhachalam”
  • Malay: “Virudhachalam”
  • Malayalam: “വിരുദാചലം”
  • Marathi: “विरुधाचलम”
  • Newari: “विरुद्धचलम्”
  • Pampanga: “Virudhachalam”
  • Portuguese: “Virudhachalam”
  • Russian: “Вирудхачалам”
  • Spanish: “Virudhachalam”
  • Swedish: “Virudhachalam”
  • Tamil: “திருமுதுகுன்றம்”
  • Tamil: “முதுகுன்றம்”
  • Tamil: “விருதாச்சலம்”
  • Tamil: “விருத்தாசலம்”
  • Tamil: “விருத்தாச்சலம்”
  • Telugu: “విరుధాచలం”
  • Urdu: “ویردھوچالم”
  • Vietnamese: “Virudhachalam”

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