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Orathur
=Orathur is an ancient agricultural village in Thiruvayaru taluk, Thanjavur district of  Tamilnadu situated 10 Kms.,near Grndanaicut.(Grand Anicut-an ancient dam and the oldest water-diversion structure in the world still in use,it was constructed upon thousand years ago by karikla chozhan, one of the fame king of Chola Dynesty) also the village orathur is situated in the river bank of vennaru, one of the main branch river of Cauvery.

Orathur is the native village of Kallars, a warrior community and their sub-title is Moovaraiyar,Mayilandar and Nattars mainly.

Wildbull catching before Muniyandavar Temple every yearon Eigth day of famous Tamil festival of Pongal is their hobby. There is one higer Elementary school, named after the founder Chellaswamy Iyer more than hundred years old is the route of producing many scholors. Some of them are 1. N.Srinivasan B.A.B.L.,who entered an Officer in H.R.&C.E Department and retired after performing the 235 feet high Rajagopuram of the famous Sri Renganathaswamy temple, Srirangam constructed several 100 years after its construction. 2.N.Chandrahasan I.A.S.,3.P.Thirunavukkarasu, Joint Secretory of Finanace, Tamilnadu Goverment,4.Bumbaiyan, Divisional Devolopement Officer, D.Kannan, HeadMaster, Umamaheswara Higher secondary school of Thanjavur. 5. D.Venugopal Principal of Engineerin g College.