Kottur, Tamil Nadu

Kottur-Malayandipattinam or Kottur is the biggest panchayat town in Pollachi Taluk of Coimbatore rural district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its short name is KM Pattinam. The name Kottur-Malayandipattinam is used to distinguish it from other places of the same name in south India, with Malayandipattinam being the name of the southern part of the town.GeographyKottur-Malayandipattinam is located 15 km west of Pollachi in the Coimbatore district, and is the biggest panchayat town in Pollachi taluk. Its latitude is 10.5344 and Longitude is 76.9774. The Anaimalai and Valparai Hills of Western Ghats and Aliyar Reservoir are just 5 km away. The River Aliyar runs near Malayandipattinam.It is near Anaimalai and Vettaikaranpudur, and places of tourist interest including Aliyar Dam, Monkey Falls, the village of Navamalai, and the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary.EtymologyKottur-Malayandipattinam is an urban name of two villages, namely Kottur and Malayandipattinam, which grew together during the British Colonial period to form the biggest Town Panchayat of Pollachi Taluka of Coimbatore District. The word Kottur means in Tamil a village at the end and the word Malayandipattinam means a town near the mountains. The Navamalai, Valparai and Anaimalai Hills are just 5 km from the borders of Kottur-Malayandipattinam.