Dharapuram

Dharapuram stands on the Amaravati River in the southern part of Kongu Nadu. It was an important centre of the Kongu Cholas, who made the town their capital and knew it by names including Rajarajapuram. Inscriptions from its temples preserve traces of the rulers, donors and merchant communities who sustained religious life in the region. The river flows east across the Kongu plains before joining the Kaveri.