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{{Unreferenced|date=May 2012}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Athiyandal
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| settlement_type = village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Villupuram]]
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 605754
| registration_plate = TN 32
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Chennai]], [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]], [[Trichy]].
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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'''Athiyandal''' is a village in [[Tirukkoyilur]], Taluk in [[Kallakurichi district]] in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It is about 18 km from the town of [[Thiruvannamalai]].

== Festivals ==

Festivals are held in the village during the [[Tamil calendar|Tamil]] months of [[Karthikai]]; Thai ([[Makar Jyothi]] of [[Ayyappan]]) and [[Tamil calendar|Masi]] and [[Panguni]] ([[Panguni Uthiram]] is considered the birthday of [[Ayyanar]]). Usually the deity [[Murugan]] ([[Krishna]]) is worshipped within the [[temple]], but on the day of the festival likenesses of the deities are taken through the streets so that all the locals can see them. Three richly decorated chariots, resembling temple structures, are pulled through the streets. Generally, a mass assembly of large a number of related family members is organized during the [[Spring (season)|spring]] for a period of 2 to 3 days. The annual festival is traditionally opened with the hoisting of a flag. After this time, villagers neither can neither leave nor enter the village.

The [[Koothu]] performers dance and recite songs and narrations, which often end with moral quotes.

==Climate==
Athiyandal is heavily dependent on monsoon rains, and is therefore prone to droughts should the monsoons fail. The climate of the village ranges from dry sub-humid to semi-arid. The village has three distinct periods of rainfall:
#The advancing monsoon period, [[Monsoon|South West monsoon]] (from June to September), with strong south-westerly winds.
#[[Monsoon#Late in Year|North East monsoon]] (from October to December), with dominant north-easterly winds.
#Dry season (from January to May).

The normal annual rainfall in the village is about {{convert|945|mm|in|abbr=on}}, about 48% of which falls during the North East monsoon, and 32% during the South West monsoon. As the village is entirely dependent on rains for recharging its water resources, monsoon failures can lead to acute [[water scarcity]] and severe drought.

==Education==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| 1.Name of School:
| '''GOVT HIGH SCHOOL'''
| 2.School ID:
| 41632
| 3.Name of Habitation:
| Athiyandal
|-
| 4.Category of School:
| Upper Primary
| 5.Classification of School:
| Govt. Aided
| 6.Address:
| Panchayat Union High School
|}

==Politics==
Athiyandal assembly constituency is part of [[Rishivandiyam (assembly constituency)]].

{| width="70%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Assembly
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Duration
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Runner-up
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Margin
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Constituency
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Chief Minister
|----
|[[1971 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|Sixth]]
|1971-77
|[[A. G. Padmavathi]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[K. A. Ranganathan]]
|[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|NCO]]
|19,139
|[[Mugaiyur]]
|[[M. Karunanidhi]](2)
|-
|[[1977 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|Sixth]]
|1977-80
|[[G. Rangothaman]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|[[M. Shanmugam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|13,283
|[[Mugaiyur]]
|[[M. G. Ramachandran]]
|-
|[[1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|Seventh]]
|1980-84
|[[R. Sundaramurthy]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC(I)]]
|[[G. Ragothuman]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|7,601
|[[Mugaiyur]]
|[[M. G. Ramachandran]](2)
|-
|[[1984 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|Eighth]]
|1984-89
|[[M. Chandrasekar]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|[[A. G. Sampath]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|14,735
|[[Mugaiyur]]
|[[M. G. Ramachandran]](3)[[Janaki Ramachandran]]
|-
|[[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|Ninth]]
|1989-91
|[[A. G. Sampath]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[M. Longan]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC(I)]]
|13,986
|[[Mugaiyur]]
|[[M. Karunanidhi]](3)
|-
|[[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|Tenth]]
|1991-96
|[[R. Savithiri Ammal]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|[[A. G. Sampath]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|25,420
|[[Mugaiyur]]
|[[J. Jayalalithaa]]
|-
|[[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|Eleventh]]
|1996-01
|[[A. G. Sampath]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|[[T. M. Aranganathan]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|41,596
|[[Mugaiyur]]
|[[M. Karunanidhi]](4)
|-
|[[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|Twelfth]]
|2001-06
|[[G. Gothandaraman]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
|[[A. G. Sampath]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|10,341
|[[Mugaiyur]]
|[[O. Panneerselvam]][[J. Jayalalithaa]](2)
|-
|[[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|Thirteenth]]
|2006-2011
|[[V. A. T. Kaliyavarathan]]
|[[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
|[[Sinthanai Selvan]]
|[[Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi|VCK]]
|8,457
|[[Mugaiyur]]
|[[M. Karunanidhi]](5)
|-
|[[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|Fourteenth]]
|2011-16
|[[Vijayakanth]]
|[[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam|DMDK]]
|[[S. Sivaraj]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|30,795
|[[Rishivandiyam]]
|[[J. Jayalalithaa]](3)
|}

==References==
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{{Kallakurichi district}}

[[Category:Villages in Kallakurichi district]]

Aathiyandal - Revision history

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