Vanavasi is a town panchayat in Mettur

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 taluk, Salem district

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 of Tamil Nadu

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Vanavasi is a small village popular for the hand loom silk sarees and its temples.

Among the diverse castes, Kannadikas and Senguntha Mudaliyar are high in population.

According to Mahabharata

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 the Pandavas lived here for some time during their 12 year exile.