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{{Distinguish|Alwarthirunagar}}
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[[File:Alwarthirunagiri.jpg|thumb|Alwarthirunagiri main road]]
'''Alwarthirunagiri''' is a [[panchayat town]] in [[Thoothukudi district]] in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].
It is next to [[Srivaikuntam]] on the Tirunelveli - Tiruchendur Highway, [[Tamil Nadu]], southern [[India]]. It's about 31 km from [[Tirunelveli]] and 29 km from [[Tiruchendur]], on the banks of the river [[Tamirabarani]]. Alwarthirunagiri is the birthplace of alwar saint [[Nammalvar]]. The temple is classified as a "Divya Desam", the 108 temples of Sri Narayana revered by the 12 poet saints, or Alwars.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=744138|title= Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns |publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Alwarthirunagiri had a population of 9.289. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Alwarthirunagiri has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 74.4%;

{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Alwarthirunagiri had a population of 8876. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Alwarthirunagiri has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 50% of the males and 50% of females literate. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Nammalvar==
Alwarthirunagiri is the birthplace of [[Nammalvar]], one of the 12 [[Alvars]] of [[Vaishnavism]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Bhakti Poetry in Medieval India: Its Inception, Cultural Encounter and Impact |author=Neeti M. Sadarangani |publisher=Sarup & Sons |year=2004 |isbn=9788176254366 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WVQrKJbJ2JIC |page=28}}</ref> It is also one of the [[Nava Tirupathi]]s of South Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thoothukudi.tn.nic.in/Navathirupathi_tour.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027085605/http://www.thoothukudi.tn.nic.in/Navathirupathi_tour.html |archive-date=27 October 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Known to be a [[Guru Kshethram]], the presiding deity is [[Vishnu]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thoothukudi.tn.nic.in/Navathirupathi_tour.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027085605/http://www.thoothukudi.tn.nic.in/Navathirupathi_tour.html |archive-date=27 October 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>http://navathirupathitemples.tnhrce.in/</ref> As an infant, Nammazhwar crawled and sat in [[Asana|yogasana]] in a hole of a tamarind tree.<ref>http://navathirupathitemples.tnhrce.in/</ref>

==See also==
* [[Alwarthirunagiri Temple]]
* [[Thirukkoloor]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930154648/http://www.hindubooks.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=210 Alwartirunagari Info] - Hindubooks.org
* [http://www.india9.com/i9show/Alwarthirunagari-Railway-Station-81418.htm Alwarthirunagari Railway Station]

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