Veppur block
{{Short description|Block in Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu, India}}
Veppur is a block in the Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu, India.{{Cite web |title=District Profile |url=https://perambalur.nic.in/district-profile/ |access-date=9 January 2025 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |url=http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/blocks.php?dcode=17 |title=Blocks |access-date=2013-09-05 |archive-date=2011-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721182108/http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/blocks.php?dcode=17 |url-status=dead }} There are a total of 33 villages in Veppur block in Kunnam Taluk.
Details
Veppur is one of the blocks in Perambalur district where a crèche is opened for the children of working women. This crèche is funded by the Central and State Governments under the Integrated Child Development Scheme.{{Cite web |date=16 March 2015 |title=Crèche opened in four blocks in Perambalur |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/crche-opened-in-four-blocks-in-perambalur/article7001454.ece |access-date=9 January 2025 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}
==Places of interest==
Veppur has one of its famous Mariamman temples located in South Street (Old Colony), where there is a festival every year in the Tamil month of Chithirai (April). The festival is conducted for 10 days, making it one of the longest festivals in the area. People, especially women, come here and pray over various problems. Goats and hens are sacrificed here by different classes of people after they feel their problem-solving prayers have been answered.
References
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- {{cite web|title=Map of revenue blocks of Perambalur district|url=http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/default.htm?blocks.php?dcode=17|publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu}}
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