Vishnampettai
Village in Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, India
Vishnampettai is a large village in Budalur block, Thiruvaiyaru taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu. This village is located in the banks of Kaveri River, Kollidam River and Kudamurutti River.
Demographics
The total geographical area of Vishnampettai is 607.52hectares. The population of the village is 2655 in which 1314 are male and 1341 are female. The literacy rate of the village is 73.12%.
One of the most notable person is V Ramanathan. He helped develop the archaeological sites and temples in his village. V Ramanathan died on July 10, 2007. The temple is now run on his name and yearly festivities are arranged on Vinayaka Chaturthi day.
Notable people
V.S. Venkataraman: Former Additional Secretary Commerce Ministry and also First PA to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Vishnampettai” as village in Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q28173140. Authority coordinates are 10.867, 78.950. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1314, 1341 and 2007.
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