page_title: Kadayam
section_title: Etymology
hierarchical_section_title: Kadayam / Etymology
caption_attribution_description: English: Nithya Kalyani Amman temple at Kadayam, Tamil Nadu, India
context_page_description: Kadayam is a village in the district of Tenkasi in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was an important hub for revolutionaries in the 1900s. Kadayam boasts a notable association with Tamil's revolutionary poet, Subramania Bharati.
context_section_description: Kadayam was historically known as Kadayan Patti which literally means the "Village of  Kadayans" (a specific Hindu caste).
  A local legend says that its people were originally living around the Kalyani Amman temple; however, the temple goddess could not tolerate the noise created by the inhabitants, so she pulled out a Kadagam (a bracelet in ancient Tamil) and threw it outside. She instructed the people to go and reside around the spot where the bracelet fell, thus making the new area known as Kadagam which later became Kadayam.
caption: The Nithya Kalyani Amman temple at Kadayam
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