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Why visit Pallikonda
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark and 2 attractions in and around town.
Weather in Pallikonda
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About Pallikonda
Pallikonda is a selection grade town panchayat in Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It connects with 90 villages as well as the town of Gudiyatham.
From the Wikipedia article Pallikonda (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Museums and landmarks1
Churches and places of worship2
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History
Pallikonda hosts a large non-sepulchral megalithic assembly with a vast capstone supported by three equally enormous boulders. The presence of the megalith was officially reported by Col. Congreve of the Madras Regiment in 1845 and was included in the book "Rude Stone Monuments" by J. Fergusson in 1872.
The capstone projections are positioned so that they point towards north and south. The surface of the capstone is riddled with more than 75 cupules, built in clusters. Cupules of a large cluster form direct sight-lines to the position of the stars Vega and Capella during solstice sun rise and sunset.
The "Uttara Ranganathan" temple beside the Palar river bank has the deity "Anantashayana", the sleeping form of Vishnu. Since the deity lies north of the river Palar, it is termed as "Uttara" (North).
From the History section of Pallikonda on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Map of Pallikonda
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Getting there and nearby towns
Tirupati Airport (TIR) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 104 km away.
- Kīlvayattanānkuppam 7 km northeast, about 7 min by car
- Gudiyatham 9 km northwest, about 9 min by car
- Kondasamudram 8 km northwest, about 8 min by car
- Virinchīpuram 9 km east, about 9 min by car
- Valathoor 11 km west, about 11 min by car
- Vellore 21 km east, about 21 min by car
- Robertsonpet 73 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Tiruvannamalai 77 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Kanchipuram 82 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Madanapalle 86 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- LTKWTL-Pallikonda-Toll-Plaza, Rsrikanth05, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mahindra 475 DI 2015 (4), SnapMeUp, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mahindra 475 DI 2015 (5), SnapMeUp, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mahindra 475 DI 2015 (2), SnapMeUp, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mahindra 475 DI 2015 (3), SnapMeUp, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mahindra 475 DI 2015 (1), SnapMeUp, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ashok Leyland 3518iL Tractor New 2014, Ask27, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Vellore Hills, Tamil Nadu during Monsoon Mist, Saravankm, CC BY-SA 4.0
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