Abstract

                                Situated eight miles north of Tirupur on the cross- ing of the metalled roads from Tirupur to Kunathoor and Avanasi to Erode is Perumanallur, a Ryotwari village in the Palladam Taluk of the Coimbatore District. It consists of the hamlets of Pidaram- palayam, Valasupalayam, Athikadu, Perumanallur and Purasupalayam. The nearest Railway Station is Kulipalayam, 45 miles from the village reached by an iteri. The village is situated in the plains and there are no jungles or hills in the vicinity, but a small stream which is occasionally flooded for an hour or two in the rainy season runs close by. There are four small ponds (known as Kuttais) in the whole village each about 3 feet deep which is full only during the rainy season and the water seldom used for irrigation. The village appears to be a very ancient one.

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