Erode East (State Assembly Constituency)

Erode East is a State Assembly Constituency of Erode City in Erode District in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

It is included in Erode Parliamentary Constituency.

This is newly formed by separating, in the year of 2008, the integrated Erode State Assembly Constituency.

It covers the Central part of Erode City Corporation to the river Kaveri on the east and Modakurichi Constituency limit on the south; a part of the city is also covered by that constituency.

The Eastern part of the City, to the Eastern banks of the river Kaveri is included in Komarapalayam Constituency.

Elected members from this constituency are as follows:

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Erode

Erode ([iːroːɽɯ]) is a city in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Erode is the seventh largest urban agglomeration in Tamil Nadu and is the administrative headquarters of Erode District. Located on the banks of River Kaveri, it was part of historical Kongu Nadu and has been ruled at different times by the Cheras, Early Pandyas, Medieval Cholas, Later Cholas, Vijayanagar Empire, Madurai Nayaks, kindom of Mysore, Carnatic kingdom and the British. It is situated at the center of the South Indian Peninsula, about 400 kilometres (249 mi) southwest of the state capital Chennai and about 80 kilometres (50 mi) east of Coimbatore.

Erode is an agricultural and textile hub. It is one of the largest producers of turmeric in India and is a major producer of hand-loom and knitwear. Erode is a part of the Erode Lok Sabha constituency that elects its member of parliament. The city is administered by a municipal corporation which was established in 2009.

Etymology

The etymology of Erode is attributed to multiple theories. It might have its origin in the Tamil phrase Eru Odai meaning two streams based on the presence of two water courses, Perumpallam and Kalingarayan Canal. The name might have also been derived from Tamil phrase "Eera Odu" meaning wet skull. Dakshaprajapathi, who married his daughter to Hindu god Shiva, conducted a yajna for which Shiva was not invited. Shiva's wife Dakshyayini attended the ritual against the wish of her husband and she was not welcomed by her parents without her husband. Enraged at this, she threw herself in a fire pot and burned to ashes. Shiva became agitated and threw everyone present at the ritual including Brahma, the Hindu god of creation into the sacrificial pot. The skulls and bones were later thrown in river Kaveri which remained wet.

Erode (State Assembly Constituency)

Erode (State Assembly Constituency) was a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. Post delimitation in 2008, the constituency ceased to exist and was replaced by two constituencies namely Erode East and Erode West.

Madras State

Tamil Nadu

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Erode (Lok Sabha constituency)

Erode is a Lok Sabha Constituency in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India.

Assembly constituents

Members of Parliament

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