Velur, Tamil Nadu

Velur, a town in Paramathi-Velur Taluk, Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, India is situated just off the Varnasi - Kanyakumari National Highway 7 (India). This town is also called as Paramathi Velur, with STD Code 04268 & Postal code 638182.Paramathi Velur is also a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. It was formed after constituency delimitations in 2008 and forms a part of the Namakkal parliamentary constituency.GeographyVelur is located at. It has an average elevation of 170 metres (566 feet).HistoryHistoric Kaveri Bridge, which connects the Namakkal and Karur districts, is the popular landmark of the town. This bridge was constructed after much wrangling between the stalwarts of Mohanur and Velur on the best location. The efforts of Shri Easwara Iyer, Shri. Kulandaivel Chettiar, Shri. Subramaniya Kandar an Shri Kuppayandi Pillai ensured that the bridge across the Cauvery River got located at Velur. The bridge was opened for traffic in 1952 by Sri Rajagopalachari (former Governor General of India) in the presence of Sri Bhakthavthsalam, who was Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu during that period. Now another bridge was also constructed adjacent to the old one, The longest road in INDIA is NH-7 which also passes through paramathi velur.Sri Kandaswamy Kandar Educational and Charitable Institutions, one of the earliest philanthropic Institution of Madras State, established more than a 100 years ago by Vallal Sri Sankara Kandasamy Kandar of Nanjai Edaiyar, is situated in Velur. These Institutions have been providing valuable education to the students in the around districts.