Kadayam
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Kadayam | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Nickname: Kilakadayam | |
  Kadayam Location in Tamil Nadu, India  Kadayam Kadayam (India) | |
| Coordinates: 8°49′55″N 77°21′25″E / 8.832°N 77.357°E | |
| India |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tenkasi |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Kadayam is a town in the district of Tenkasi in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1] It was an important hub for revolutionaries in the 1900s. Kadayam boasts a notable association with Tamil's revolutionary poet, Subramania Bharati.
Kadayam was historically known as Kadayam which literally means the "Town of Kadayam" (a specific Hindu caste).
A local legend says that its people were originally living around the Kalyani Amman temple; however, the temple goddess could not tolerate the noise created by the inhabitants, so she pulled out a Kadayam (a bracelet in ancient Tamil) and threw it outside. She instructed the people to go and reside around the spot where the bracelet fell, thus making the new area known as Kadayam which later became Kadayam.
Climate
| Climate data for Kadayam, Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.9 (85.8) |
31.5 (88.7) |
33.3 (91.9) |
33.5 (92.3) |
33.8 (92.8) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.2 (88.2) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.4 (84.9) |
31.6 (88.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.0 (71.6) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
24.0 (75.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 42 (1.7) |
33 (1.3) |
55 (2.2) |
89 (3.5) |
75 (3.0) |
98 (3.9) |
80 (3.1) |
43 (1.7) |
57 (2.2) |
204 (8.0) |
210 (8.3) |
100 (3.9) |
1,086 (42.8) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
Association with Subramania Bharati
The poet and freedom fighter Subramania Bharati once lived in Kadayam, India. Bharati's wife was a native of Kadayam[3] and it is believed that Bharathiyar often sang patriotic songs from his in-laws rooftop. Bharathi stayed in Pazhaya Gramam of Kadayam with his family, where he was known for his daily walks to the Nithyakalayani Amman Temple, during which he stopped to hug the donkeys straying into the Pazhaya Gramam. He composed his Kali songs, the Panchali Sabhadam and most of his revolutionary poems including "Chinnanchiru Kiliye","Odi Vilayadu Pappa" and "Kaani Nilam Vendum" there.