Aygudi

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Aaikudi
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| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Ayikudi.jpg
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| image_caption = Paddy fields around Aaikudi
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India
| coordinates = {{coord|8|59|13|N|77|20|20|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tenkasi district|Tenkasi]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil|Taluk]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Kadayanallur taluk|Kadayanallur]]
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| population_total = 15172
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code = 627852
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'''Ayikudy'''({{audio|Ta-ஆய்க்குடி.ogg|pronunciation}}), also spelled Aaikudi, is a [[panchayat town]] in [[Tenkasi district]] in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].It is also the Home to The Amar Seva Sangam.

==History==
Aai Andiran was the chieftain of Aaikudi and its surroundings. He is one of the seven great philanthropists of ancient Tamil Nadu. He gave an elephant to the commoners [http://ta.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D Tamil wikipedia]

==Demographics==
In the 2001 India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|work= |publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Aaikudi had a population of 12,924. Males constituted 50% of the population and females 50%. Aaikudi had an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 11% of the population was under 6 years of age.

By the 2011 census the population had increased to 15,172.<ref name="NPR-2011-Tenkasi">{{Cite web|title=NPR Report: Tamil Nadu: Tirunelveli: Tenkasi|year=2011|publisher=National Population Register, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/NprStateReport.aspx?stcd=33&distcd=27&tslcode=004}}</ref>

==Non profitable Organisation==

===Amar Seva Sangam===

The Amar Seva Sangam, established by Padmashri [[S. Ramakrishnan (activist)|S. Ramakrishnan]] with a few friends in 1981, the International Year of the Disabled, was registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975 Cer. No. TSI 16/1981. The Founder became a Quadriplegic in 1975 when he was in the fourth year of an Engineering course, following an accident he met with while attending the interview for Naval Officers' selection. After intense self-rehabilitation, he wanted to serve society and spend his remaining life meaningfully, resulting in the birth of AMAR SEVA SANGAM, named after his doctor, Air Marshal Amarjit Singh Chahal.<br>
In 1992 a young professional accountant, S. Sankara Raman, affected by muscular dystrophy and a wheelchair user, left his lucrative practice at Chennai, and joined Ramakrishnan with a dream to build a valley for the disabled. Their vision is to make Amar Seva Sangam a model centre catering to all the needs of the disabled.[http://www.amarseva.org]

==Religious==

===Temple===
Ayikudi is famous for its Balasubramanya Swami Temple<ref>Ayikudi Balasubramanya Swami Temple</ref>
It is situated at the banks of Hanuman nathi. Skanda shasti ''soora samharam'' is the famous festival celebrated every year for 7 days.

[[File:Ayikudi Balasubramanya Swami.jpg|thumb|Balasubramanya Swami Temple During ''Soora Samharam'' Festival]]

==See also==
[[Ayikudi Balasubramanya Swami Temple]] (kaliyamman temple)

==References==
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{{Tirunelveli district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Tirunelveli district]]

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