Umayalpuram - Tamil Nadu Photo Gallery by Karthik Raja at pbase.com

Umayalpuram - Tamil Nadu

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Umayalpuram is a village on the banks of the river Cauvery in the Thanjavur district. The village is only 2 km from Swamimalai and about 10 km from Kumbakonam. The main employment in the village is farming and thus the waters of the Cauvery river is most important to this village. Umayalpuram K Shivaraman, a 'Sangita Kalanidhi', one of the foremost mridangam players is from here.

It is also the home of Krishna Bagavathar and Sundara Bagavathar, disciples of the saint composer Tyagaraja. It is they who saw to it that the building of the saint's samadhi at Tiruvaiyaru was renovated and the annual commemorative rituals performed there for 52 long years. Umayalpuram went on to produce some of the great musical geniuses like Kodandarama Iyer, Panchapakesa Iyer, and Narayana Iyer who played the ghatam.

Annually a Sita Kalyanam Mahotsavam is conducted with great devotion and piety at Umayalpuram Sri Rama Mandiram during the month of July. This annual function is attended by many stalwarts in the field of music and dance. Over the last 4 years the festival has become a “must attend” on the calendar of an increasing number of devotees and performers. It is said that even the earth one walks upon in this village produces music.

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Umayalpuram sign	Cauvery River, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu	Cauvery River, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu	East Road, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu
East Road, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu	House with a traditional Thinai, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu	Horizontal and Vertical blue door, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu	Krishna Bagavathar and Sundara Bagavathar Bhajanai Madam, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu
Open courtyard house, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu	Open courtyard house, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu	Palm Trees and Brinjal Fields, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu	Tractor to take the sugarcane, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu
Sugarcane field worker, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu	Senai kazhanghe root and plant, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu	Ganesha Temple at the banks of the Cauvery, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu	Sugarcane fileds, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu
Sugarcane workers, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu	Cutting a Senai kazhanghe, farmers, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu	School, Umayalpuram,Tamil Nadu

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Guest		16-Feb-2025 02:01
Namaste All. I am Sudha Sundararaman who also hails from Umayalpuram and settled in Chennai. Saw all these messages so late, just today. Very happy to see so many hailing from this great village which is known for music as well as Sama vedham. At the banks of cauvery there is a small divine shrine of Sri Anandha Maha Ganapathy. The Kumbhabhishekam for this is planned for March 17, 2025. I hope many of you see this message. On behalf of Our family and the residents of Umayalpuram, inviting all of you to come and attend the event. The veda parayanam starts from 9th march and continues until 16th. On 14,15 and 16 we have evening cultural programs too. If you need more details, pls connect via whatsapp Sudha Sundararaman 9444139096

Prasanna Rajagopalan		19-Jun-2018 11:20
My father-in-law Mr A.srinivasan belonged to this village. He worked in AIR and their family moved away from the village because his father worked in the railways. His father was Mr Aiyyaswamy aiyer. Later after moving from Umayalpuram, they lived in Kumbakonam. My father-in-law's grandpa was named Mr Narayanan. They are vadamal Tamil brahmin Iyers. Karthik, Though I havent visited the village belonging to my inlaws, plan to do it some day. The photos are very beautiful. Thanks. By chance I happened to come to this site while browsing about temples. Mrs Prasanna Rajagopalan chennai pras_kalyan@yahoo.com

Swaminathan		21-Jul-2016 09:09
My father is from this village. My grandfather (Late) UR Venkatrama Iyer was from East Street Agraharam. I visit the village occasionally. The annual Seetha Kalyanam is conducted at Bajanai Madam and is the tireless efforts of (Late) Pattabiraman and his family members. He passed away two years ago. Umayalpuram has produced many Chartered Accountants. Sri.Kasi Viswanathan is one among them. He is my cousin. Two very famous temples are situated at Umayalpuram - one is the Sivan Kovil and the other is the Rajagopala Swami temple. Sri.Raman, Trustee of the Umayalpuram High School Assn., has tirelessly worked to develop the Umayalpuram High School. The school produces 100 % results in the SSLC and HSC exams. Every one is invited to the Seetha Kalyanam celebrations which is held in a very grand manner. I am very proud of my ancestral village. If anyone wants to know more about the village you can call me at 74188 11007. -- Swaminathan

Priya Srinivasan		12-Jul-2016 18:07
Karthik: I hail from Umayalpuram aslo. Thanks for capturing our village so beautifully!!! My maternal grand father was K V Guruswamy Iyer.. Love everything about this village!!

U.B. Kasiviswanathan		28-May-2016 17:15
Dear Mr. Karthick, Hats off to you and to your team. I am U.B. Kasiviswanathan also known as Babu who had stayed in Umayalpuram from 1967 to 1989. Myself, my younger brother B. Subramanian alias Mani and my two elders Mrs. Savithri Srinivasan alias Swarna and Mrs. Padmavathi Kunchithapatham alais Pathu also studied in the same school, The High School, Umayalpuram. All my ancestors belong to Umayalpuram. We are all students Mrs. TP. Sankaran, Head Master and Mr. Seetharaman and Mr. Ramakrishnan. I learnt Vishushasranam and Rudram from Shri. Swaminatha Ganabatigal.Mr. B. Ravichandran (Eastg Street) Mr. K. Sundara Ganesan (Recently Retired from ISRO Bangalore), Mr. Ramakrishnan (Ramanujapuram) Mr.S. Mallikarjunan and Mr. C.S. Natarajan (both brothers from South Street) are my class mates. Kavalkaran Pilliyar Koil located at the entrance of Umayalpuram is believed to be built by Lord Rama and Lakshmana during Jadayu Moksha. Further Umayalpuram has produced many distinguished persons. Justice Ramasamy Iyer, of Supreme Court New Delhi is native of Umayalpuram and Justice Naganatha Iyer, Distsrict Judge during Engilish Rule also belonged to Umayalpuram. And Mr. Sivaraman also known as Kulandai Sivaraman was famous Engineer in Chennai was from Umayalpuram. He had only built the first Kalyana Mandapam with Lift facility in Kumbakonam City. Thank you very much for your sincere effort and all I wish you all success in all your future endeavour. U.B. Kasiviswanathan. Bangalore.

Ramesh Sundaram		03-May-2016 04:05
My paternal grandfather and his ancestors were born and brought up in Umayalpuram. I was born and brought up in Madurai. I have been living in the United States for the last 32 years. I am planning on visiting India this summer with my kids and am hoping to shown them their "ancestral village". I would appreciate any comments or suggestions you might have. Please send me an email.

Guest		13-Aug-2015 19:45
l am s.kalyanaraman s/o. sampantham super very nice

sairajan		09-Dec-2014 16:05
dear all my friends, i am from umayalpuram, if anybody belongs to umayalpuram could you contact me..... i am sairajan well knowned by father name of (my iyer) i am from west street, umayalpuram, near vinayagar temple (logam mami and also (ganapathy mama) I request you to send me e-mail : srvsairajan@gmail.com

TPS IYER		15-Jun-2014 11:14
If anyone has information he can send me an email also at tpsiyer@gmail.com

TPS IYER		15-Jun-2014 11:13
Recently my brother in law was told that there is an ambal or amman temple near Umayalpuram which was his ancestors Ishta Deivam Can anyone from Umayalpuram throw some light on this

Shah		21-Mar-2014 12:21
My Father came to Singapore from Trichi in 1914, I live in Australia now, lovely pictures of your village , just love it. Shah

ayyadurai		16-Mar-2014 06:57
I am also the same village. My sons gowrisankar & gopalraman also live with me. The is the beautiful village.

Mani		28-Feb-2014 07:35
Dear Abhimanyu Panju, I am Mani, native of Umayalpuram son of your father's uncle. My father settled at Umayalpuram after retirement. I and my brother stayed at Umayalpuram till our college studies. I am in Hyderbad and settled here. We remember him. We used to come to your house at chennai when we were kids. Hope you are in Chennai. The location of the house is in Middle Street Umayalpuram Neighbour is Mr. Govindarajan. Most of the known people left the village long back. I am sending this information for you. Yours Mani

P. SUBRAMANIAN		15-Jan-2014 11:04
Really fantastic to see my native place in Internet. It is a very greet feeling amd emotion to see my native place. I am enjoying P.subramanian,residing at thanjavur, working at BSNL KUMBAKONAM

Abhimanyu Panju		13-Jan-2014 09:53
Dear All natives of Umayalpuram. My father was also from Umayalpuram...He left the village maybe in the year 1932 (not too sure)and had come to Chennai to become a very famous Film Director. He had directed over 60 films in those days with his partner under the banner "KRISHNAN PANJU".They are the ones who directed SIVAJI GANESAN'S first Film..namely "Parashakthi". Does any of your father / mother or grandparents remember him.His actual name is PANJAPEKESAN. He passed away in the year 1984 at Chennai.I am now trying to locate the street and house where he used to live .His father's name is Mr. SUBRAMANIAM and his mother's name is "SUBBULAKHSMI". If any of you can throw some light on this matter I would be really grateful. Even the faintest details will be helpful. Thank you and hoping to hear soon Abhimanyu Panju 9841059583

Silambarasan R		05-Jan-2014 03:46
Nice Work..Glad to see Bharathi School............. Sweet Memories

A.UDAYAKUMAR		20-Nov-2013 10:40
VERY VERY NICE

A.UDAYAKUMAR		20-Nov-2013 10:40
I am Also native of umayalpuram ,Picture very Nice Thankyou Karthik ....

vidya		31-Oct-2013 09:03
nostalgic. i am happy to see the pictures of my village in the net. I belong to west street.

murali		05-Sep-2013 02:29
I needtoknow about ramanujapuram can anyonehelp more about ayyanar koil there we dont know our kula deivam pl help

Guest		05-Sep-2013 01:32
I need to know whether there is any ayyanar koil with yaanai and guthirai in the front of temple in ramanujapuram near umayalpuram .can any body help me in this? Our forefathers should have belonged to this village.we are in search of our kuladeivam please help.we are brahmin iyer and bharathwaja gothram .later they migrated to kumbakonam and we all are n chennai Murali chennai

Guest		18-Aug-2013 02:50
Great capture. Really appreciate the fantastic work. I am moorthy and belongs to the family of mr. Govindarajan who is known as 2 1/2 panghu in the local circles. Thanks once again for capturing my native place.

Rajalakshmi		18-Sep-2012 05:33
Hello, We are eager to know more about our village Umayalpuram. Our ancestors lived there. now we are in chennai. No contact with this village or with the temples. now we are very much interested to know about our ancestors.

SUPPUNI		11-Jul-2012 18:28
MR.KARTHICJ REALLY OUR VILLAGE STILLS BUT FAILED TO RELEASE OF WEST STREET CHINTHAMANI VINAYAGAR,ANANDA MAHAGANAPATHY TEMPLE, SHIVAN KOIL TEMPLE,PERUMAL KOIL TEMPLE,ABATHU KATHA AYYANAR TEPLE,THROWBATHY AMMAN KOIL,AND KAWAKARAN TEMPLE KOIL STILL.MR.SWAMINATHAN AND LAKSHMINARAYAN THANKS, G.SUPPUNI.WEST STREET.UMAYALPURAM

sri		16-Apr-2011 12:29
Hi,I am sri from Umayalpuram and also i am proud about my village.From my childhood i know all the places of umayalpuram.Now a lot of new temples are constructed in our village and some temples are rebuilded and some is in progress.I can see a good development in our village over last ten years because of the well managed village panchayat.

ulaganathadevar		19-Mar-2011 14:10
hi , very nice my village photos thanks to you

Bala		02-Oct-2010 07:52
Hai,Karthik Thank You for your Nice Job .Iam Bala ,Now Iam in Qatar pictures of my native village Shows that you have some deep connection with UPM can I ,Know that.

Kannan		18-Jan-2010 11:49
Hi, Thanks for posting Mr.Karthik. We are in Umayalpuram in West Street, having Agarbathi Rolling as business. Our company is GK Cottage Industries and my name is Kannan. Anybody needs any sort of urgent need or help, mail me at sw_gk1@yahoo.com

GANESH		26-Oct-2009 14:35
P.GANESH I am native of Ramanujapuram Hai KARTHIK VERY NICE TO YOUR JOP.THANKYOU P.GANESH

Hari		11-Sep-2009 04:54
HAI KARTHIK very nice to see the web site and tremendous WORK DONE. I LOVE TO LIVE in this village, THIS MY MATERNAL GARND MOTHER'S VILLAGE(south street)

S.BASKAR		20-Jul-2009 06:25
hai mr.karthik very nice to my native village.I am perumalkovil street umayalpuram. so nice too meet uuuuuuu friend bye (i am now in tambaram)

GR Balachandar		01-Jul-2009 07:33
Its great to see. It has made me difficult to resist my nostalgias.

Swaminathan Chromepet		25-Jun-2009 13:03
Really fantastic to see my native place in Internet. It is a very greet feeling amd emotion to see my native place. I am enjoying. Swaminathan, Chromepet (Umayalpuram born) Chennai

Guest		25-Jun-2009 13:01
Really fantastic to see my village in Internet. It is a very nice feeling to see my native place. Good. Swaminathan, Chromepet, Chennai

ragu (Chakkaru)		25-Jun-2009 12:29
hi i am very much surprised to see my village in internet. Last 6 years i am not able to visited my village.After seeing this site, i am very happy & i am not able to express my feelings.Anyway thxlot to mr Karthik. Mr , karthik , how do u connect with umayalpuram?

Lachumu		25-Jun-2009 09:44
This is Lachumu, The awesome pictures of my native village made me to feel visiting village. Thanks a lot.

N Rajkumar		25-Jun-2009 09:39
Hi KARTHIK I am Rajkumar, I am also UMAYALPURAM VERY VERY NICE

Prof.K.Balaraman		13-Jun-2009 12:08
Karthik, I saw your photos only today. they are pretty good & bring the life of our village. Incidentally The Sri Rama Mandhir Or Bajanai Madam belongs to our family & since last few 4 years we are celebrating a day of Music concert in Memory of the Great Brothers.along with Sita Rama Kalyanam. This madam has been there since 1910, during the time of my grand father. It was renovated 4 years back with the support of all devotees & full support of the villagers.

ARIVU		30-May-2009 14:12
VERY NICE KARTHIK

S.ARIVAZHAGAN		30-May-2009 13:29
HI KARTHIK I AM ARIVU IAM ALSO UMAYALPURAM VERY VERY NICE TO U R JOP!

Akshay		25-Apr-2009 13:44
The photos are very beatiful. MY native was also umayalpuram.

suresh		04-Apr-2009 08:52
I am also native of umayalpuram. West street Vinayagar temple house.

Sudha		05-Sep-2008 17:24
Hi Karthik, Am also from Umayalpuram and the Ganesha temple shown here is supported by our family. May I know how you are related to UPM?

Guest		21-Jan-2008 17:18
karthick,really our village is still beautiful and untouched by more urbanisation we think. we r all thankful to u for spreading the mesage and fame about our village. thank u. mrs. vaidegiswaminathan.

Rama Muthukrishnan		20-Jan-2008 13:11
Karthik Though I visit my village every year, the sight of it always fascinates me. Thanks for capturing it so beautifully.very lyrical!

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