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Arappalayam or Arapalayam (தமிழ்:ஆரப்பாளையம்) is an area in the Madurai district of Tamil Nadu State, India. It is on the south bank of the River Vaigai. Arappalyam comes under the Madurai West constituency. The PIN Code for Arasaradi-Arappalaym is 625016. Arappalaym was one of the 72 palayams created under Madurai Nayak's rule. In Tamil, ''Aaru'' means river and ''Palayam'' means area. As it is situated on the river bank it got the name ''Arappalayam'' (aka ''Aatruppalayam''). ==History== Arappalyam has a very long history. Arappalyam is mentioned in one of the 64 Thiruvilayaadalgal of lord Siva. Arappalyam is called as "Pittukku Mann sumantha thiruthalam." and also it has Ramarpathan which was called Ramanpettai. During Madurai Nayak rule (1530 to 1730), it was a palayam having its own local administrative body. In 1857, British built Madurai Railway station to connect Madurai and Trichy via Dindigul. Opening Madura coats made it an industrial township . Arapalayam is nearly 1 km from Meenakshi Amman Temple, Railway station and central bus stand(periyar). Arapalayam was a busiest industrial area a few years back. "Madura coats" a cotton mill, established here had around 20000+ employees in 3 shifts. But unfortunately now its strength is 500+. Sundaram BPO, reliance fresh, Mathi theathre, Bus stand, River, Market are few attractions in Arapalayam. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arappalayam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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