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'''Erode Clock Tower''' is a [[clock tower]] located in [[Erode]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]] also known as '''Manikkoondu'''.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Erode street life.jpg|thumb|200px|Typical street-life near clock tower in PS Park]]<br />
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The original Clock Tower was built by English for the benefit of this busy market traders. It is located in the center of old town near [[Panneerselvam Park]], which is now the Bazaar area of [[Erode]]. It is built at a busy junction where five roads emerges out, named Netaji Road, RKV Road, Brough Road and Easwaran Kovil Road or Fort Road. Logically, it is the zero point of Erode town. South of this clock tower houses [[Abdul Gani Textile Market|Textile Market]] and North of this clock tower houses Vegetable Market. This clock tower is exactly located at the eastern entrance of [[Erode Fort]]. The actual Fort has been demolished and the name alone is retained for this area. In olden days, the eastern areas from this clock tower were called as Pettai.{{fact|date=July 2020}}<br />
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Though the original structure has been demolished with road developments, alternative structures has been constructed in the place by [[Erode Municipal Corporation|Erode City Municipal Corporation]]. However there was no clock tower structure present in this place for some period of time, the location managed to retain its name and still called by local people as Clock Tower or Manikkoondu in Tamil.{{fact|date=July 2020}}<br />
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To retain the glory of past, in February 2006, [[Erode Municipal Corporation|Erode City Municipal Corporation]] has planned to construct a modern clock tower in the same place. A 50-feet tall tower structure has been designed and constructed in 2009, along with a Police Watch Tower in the middle.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/modern-clock-tower-to-be-built-in-erode/article3179347.ece|title=Modern clock tower to be built in Erode|newspaper=The Hindu|date=17 February 2006|accessdate=21 July 2018}}</ref> <br />
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Later in 2015, this tower has been removed and a new structure has been built with public-private contribution. And it is the third structure in the same place which is still serving for the public and retaining the glory.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tamizhvalai.com/archives/2043|title=ஈரோட்டின் அடையாளங்களுள் ஒன்றான மணிக்கூண்டைக் காணவில்லை|newspaper=Tamizhvalai|date=18 May 2015|accessdate=21 July 2018}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Erode]]<br />
[[Category:Clock towers in India]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Tamil Nadu]]</div>>AnomieBOT