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MAYAVARAM

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 931 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAYAVARAM , a See also:

town of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Tanjore See also:district of See also:Madras, on the See also:Cauvery See also:river; junction on the See also:South See also:Indian railway, 174 M. S. W. of Madras. Pop. (1901), 24,276. It possesses a speciality of See also:fine See also:cotton and See also:silk See also:cloth, known as Kornad from the suburb in which the weavers live. During See also:October and See also:November the town is the See also:scene of a See also:great See also:pilgrimage to the See also:holy See also:waters of the Cauvery.

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