What is "gandarvakottai"

Gandarvakottai is a taluk under Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is the big town between Pudukottai and Thanjavur. The nearest city is Trichy, 55 km away.

Gandarvakottai is the junction of 36 village peoples. Pisanathur, Sundampatti, Mattangal, Sivanthanpatti, Aravampatti, and Komapuram are the main villages in the vicinity. Many higher secondary schools and matriculation schools are there. In Gkt 1000 years old siva temple, Mariamman temple, kamatchi temple,ayappan temple,church and mosque are here. The most of the people occupation in farmer and daily wages. Gkt has the many engineers (AERONAUTICAL), doctors,business men and few (ARCHITECTS). The nearest seaport for this district is Tuticorin, which is situated 380 km from Gkt. The nearest Airport is Tiruchirapalli Airport, which is about 50 km from Pudukkottai. Regular air services available between Trichy, Colombo, Sharjah, Chennai, Kuwait, Singapore, Malaysia and Cochin.

Gandarvakottai was a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It was in existence from 1957 to 1971 state elections.