Periyakulam
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Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 8°43′55″N 77°42′01″E
Country: India
State:Tamil Nadu
Village name: periyakulam
Headquarters:Tirunelveli
Talukas:Radhapuram
Government:Tamil nadu
Area rank:1
Languages Official:Tamil
PIN:627114
Avg. summer temperature
37 °C (99 °F)
Avg. winter temperature
22 °C (72 °F)
Website: http://www.onefivenine.com/india/villages/Tirunelveli/Valliyoor/Periyakulam
History
Periyakulam is a small Village/hamlet in Valliyoor Block in Tirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu State, India. It comes under T Karunkulam Panchayath. It is located 61 KM towards South from District head quarters Tirunelveli. 710 KM from State capital Chennai
Periyakulam is surrounded by Radhapuram Block towards East , Thovala Block towards west , Agastiswaram Block towards west , Kanniyakumari Block towards South .
Panagudi , Vadakkuvalliyur , Nagercoil , Padmanabhapuram are the near by Cities to Periyakulam.
This Place is in the border of the Tirunelveli District and Kanniyakumari District. Kanniyakumari District Thovala is west towards this place . It is near to bay of bengal. There is a chance of humidity in the weather.
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Heritage
The name of this town derived from two Tamil words equivalent to Big lake ( in Tamil (Tamil: பெரிய) means Big and (Tamil: குளம்) is Lake).
Temple
There was a temple in periyakulam named as amman temple in the centered place of periyakulam.
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