About Gudiyattam in , Gudiyattam

Gudiyatham (also called Gudiyattam or Gudiyettram) is a Suburban and a historical Town of Vellore district. It is a municipality in Vellore district in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It is located at the centre of two megacities namely Bangalore and Chennai. District headquarter Vellore is 31 km away from the town. In 2011, the town had a population of 2,35,672. This is where the first Indian national flag was woven. Gudiyatham is a first-grade municipality. It was named as Gudiyatham Municipality in 1886.CREATION OF TOWNSHIP:The town was built by Kulothunga choza during his reign. He named it as "Kudiyetra-nallur" which denotes, a place that suits for good and hood living.GeographyGudiyatham is about 160 km west of Chennai and 165 km southeast of Bengaluru. The town is near the border of Andhra Pradesh state. Gudiyatham has more than 500 small villages around it.In 2010, the opening of NH 234 highway was announced. NH234 passes through it from Mangaluru to Villupuram en route to Vellore and Tiruvannamalai. NEAREST AIRPORT:Vellore, Bengaluru and Chennai. NEAREST SEAPORT:Chennai. Chennai NEAREST RAILWAY STATIONS: Gudiyatham and Ambur. NEAREST MAJOR RAILWAY JUNCTIONS: Vellore Katpadi Junction, Chittore junction (AP State) NEAREST HIGHWAY JUNCTION: PallikondaGudiyattam is located around 30.0 kilometer away from its district head quarter vellore. The other nearest district head quarters is chikmagalur situated at 28.2 KM distance from Gudiyattam. Surrounding districts from Gudiyattam are as follows.