19 Facts About Nagapattinam

Nagapattinam is a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Nagapattinam District.

The Chudamani Vihara in Nagapattinam constructed by the Srivijayan king Sri Mara Vijayattungavarman of the Sailendra dynasty with the help of Rajaraja Chola I was an important Buddhist structure in those times.

Nagapattinam was settled by the Portuguese and, later, the Dutch under whom it served as the capital of Dutch Coromandel from 1660 to 1781.

Nagapattinam is administered by a Special grade municipality covering an area of 17.

The majority of the people of Nagapattinam are employed in sea-borne trading, fishing, agriculture and tourism.

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Nagapattinam is the base for tourism for Sikkal, Velankanni, Poompuhar, Kodiakkarai, Vedaranyam, and Tharangambadi.

Nagapattinam is derived from Nagar referring to people from Sri Lanka who settled here and pattinam referring to town.

Nagapattinam was referred by early writers and the Portuguese as "the city of Coromandel".

Nagapattinam was severely affected by the tsunami which followed the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

Nagapattinam district was the most affected part in Tamil Nadu, accounting for 6,064 off the 8,009 casualties in the state.

Nagapattinam is connected by two national highways, NH 45A to Villupuram and NH 67 to Coimbatore and Gundlupete in Karnataka state.

Nagapattinam Junction connects Thiruvarur Junction in the west, Nagore in the north and Velankanni in the south.

Port of Nagapattinam is in the Bay of Bengal in the mouth of river Kuduvayyar.

The trade of Nagapattinam was mostly with Sri Lanka, Straits Settlements, Burma and to a small extent to the United Kingdom and Spain.

Nagapattinam is base to some of the prominent Hindu temples like Sikkal Singaravelan Temple at Sikkal, Vedaranyeswarar Temple at Vedaranyam, Ettukudi Murugan Temple and Koothanur Maha Saraswathi Temple.

Nagapattinam has 12 elementary schools, 8 high schools and 7 higher secondary schools.

Nagapattinam comes under the Nagapattinam telecom circle of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, India's state-owned telecom and internet services provider.

Nagapattinam was declared a municipality in 1866 during British times.

Nagapattinam comes under the Nagapattinam assembly constituency and it elects a member to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly every five years.