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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Distinguish|Oriyur}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Orur
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| other_name = Oriyur
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| settlement_type = village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India
| coordinates = {{coord|9.840189|N|79.055647|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 = Ramanathapuram
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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'''Orur''' (sometimes spelled '''Oriyur''' or '''Oreiour''') is a small village located in [[Tiruvadanai taluk]], [[Ramanathapuram district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<ref name="CensusIndia">{{Cite web|title=Orur|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=742824|access-date=2020-12-02|website=2011 Census of India}}</ref> It is situated 35 km from [[Devakottai]], Sivagangai. As of the [[2011 Census of India]], the village had a population of 5,065 across 1,171 households. There were 2,470 males and 2,595 females.<ref name="CensusIndia" />

The [[Saint|Christian saint]] [[John de Britto]], a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Jesuit]] known as Arulanandar in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], was [[Martyr|martyred]] at Orur in 1693.<ref>{{Cite web|title=John de Britto|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08461a.htm|access-date=2020-12-03|website=Catholic Encyclopedia}}</ref> There is a shrine to Britto in the village, where he is a significant figure revered by the [[Kallar (caste)|Kallar]], [[Maravar]] and [[Agamudayar]] castes.<ref>{{cite book|last=Raj|first=Selva J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zv42cV5dQmYC|title=Popular Christianity in India: Riting Between the Lines|publisher=SUNY Press|year=2002|isbn=978-0-7914-5519-7|editor1-last=Raj|editor1-first=Selva J.|pages=86–87|chapter=Transgressing Boundaries, Transcending Turner: The Pilgrimage Tradition at the Shrine of St. John de Britto|access-date=2012-05-01|editor2-last=Dempsey|editor2-first=Corinne G.}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Ramanathapuram district}}
[[Category:Villages in Ramanathapuram district]]
{{Ramanathapuram-geo-stub}}

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