#6B8E23 Dr. R. Nagaswamy 15-Sep-2007 The Kongu country had three main territorial divisions. The largest called “Kongu mandalam”. The second is the Territorial division called “nadu” consisting of a number of villages grouped together. This was the larger administrative unit. The third is the village called “Ur”. There is an interesting poem sung by Karmegha pulavar named “Kongu mandala satakam” (Hundred poems on Kongu region) which gives the boundaries of Kongu Mandalam, the number and names of the Nadu divisions and the number of Villages. According to this work there were 24 Territorial divisions called Nadus. Under these divisions were the Urs Villages. There were altogether 615 villages in this Mandalam. The number of Nadus and the number of villages under each are given below 1. Anaimalai nadu 20 villages, 2. Anda nadu 15, 3. Arai nadu 35, 4. Araiya nadu 32, 5. Gangeya nadu 14, 6. Kanchi kovil nadu 12, 7. Kilangu nadu 14, 8. Kuruppu nadu 33, 9. Kvadikka nadu 24, 10. Mana nadu 8, 11. Nallurukka nadu 21, 12. Oduvanga nadu 16, 13. Pongalur nadu 27, 14. Punturai nadu 32, 15. Puvaniya nadu 26, 16. Rasipura nadu 24 17. Talaiya nadu 13 , 18. Tattaiya nadu 25, 19. Ten karai nadu 12, 20. Vadakarai nadu 24, 21. Vaikavur nadu 18, 22. Valavanti nadu 20, 23. Varakka nadu 16, 24. Vengala nadu 16