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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Andipatti
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = tamil
| other_name = aandipatti
| nickname = நாயக்கர் கோட்டை
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Andipatti Rly. Stn..JPG
| image_alt = ANDIPATTI.JPG
| image_caption = Andipatti Railway Station
| pushpin_map = India Tamil Nadu
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India
| coordinates = {{coord|10|00|N|77|37|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Madurai]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = Theni
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Andipatti''' or '''Aundipatty''' is a municipal in [[Theni district]] in Madurai Region [[Tamil Nadu]] state in southern [[India]]. It is on the bank of Vaigai River with rich flora and fauna species. It is a valley surrounded by mountains and there is a theory saying [[Western Ghats]] starts from this place.

Agriculture is the main economic activity of the town with handloom and textile mills spread across the city limits. Nearby places include [[Theni]], [[Madurai]], [[Cumbum, Tamil Nadu|Cumbum]], [[Nadukkottai]] and [[Gudalur (Theni district)|Gudalur]]. The town is known all over the state and country as having been the constituency of the two chief ministers: [[M. G. Ramachandran]] and [[J. Jayalalithaa]].

The [[Vaigai Dam]], a major reservoir in Tamil Nadu, is 7 km away from Andipatti,
Theni district, Madurai Region.

==History==

[[File:Welcome Address presented to Gandhi by the Andipatti villagers.jpeg|thumb|Welcome Address presented to Mahatma Gandhi by the Andipatti villagers]]
On 9 February 1934, [[Mahatma Gandhi]] visited Andipatti, arriving by train at 5:30 PM from [[Theni]].<ref>2. Ramasamy, A., (1969) pp 969, ''Tamizhnaattil Gandhi'', Gandhi Books Publishing Committee, Chennai</ref> At the Andipatti Railway Station, the villagers of Andipatti received him, along with a large crowd from the neighbouring villages like Muthukrishnapuram, S.S.Puram, Lakshmipuram, Jakkampatti. A wooden table was placed on the platform of the Andipatti Station and Gandhi used it as a [[dais]] to address the gathering.<ref>3. Ramasamy, A. (2005), ''Gandhi in Tamil Nadu'', Vardhaman Publications, Chennai.
</ref> a Welcome Address in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] printed on ''[[khadi]]'' cloth and wooden-framed was read out by Mr. P.C. Rajan and handed over to Gandhi, who was delighted to see it printed on his favourite ''khadi'' cloth. He wished to carry it with him on his tour, but realised that he could not carry it all through his journey. Hence with the permission of the villagers, he decided to auction the memento and use the fund for welfare scheme. P.C. Rajan was the successful bidder and he collected the souvenir from the hands of Gandhi. The piece was later on donated by Mr. Rajan to the authorities of the Gandhi Museum in Madurai in the 1960s.

==Politics==

[[Andipatti (State Assembly Constituency)]] is part of [[Theni (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|title=List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
|access-date=2008-10-11
|work=Tamil Nadu
|publisher=Election Commission of India
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031131000/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|archive-date=31 October 2008
|url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>[[Arles]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=June 2018}}

==References==
{{Commons category|Andipatti}}
{{reflist}}
{{Theni district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Theni district]]

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