Mohanur

Mohanur is a municipality and subdistrict in the Mohanur block of Namakkal district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

== Etymology == Several reasons are offered for the origin of the name. One reason given is that the people of this region worked as middle men or agents in the ancient era. Mugavar is the term in Tamil for agents. So the place came to be known as Mugavanur which derived later on as Moganur. Another reason is that Shiva wanted to see the reincarnation of Vishnu as a woman i.e. Mohini, here in this location. Another reason goes that once all the heavenly devas went in search of Shiva accompanied by Ganga. But he was alone there. So they started their search for Ganga and went to Muruga. He too started to search her. Searching for her, they reached Madurai where Madurai Meenakshi directed them towards north near Cauvery. Muruga came to Cauvery, yet didn't find her. So He went on a severe meditation on her. Ganga appeared in front of him. She was so overwhelmed by his motherly love and hugged him. Since the mother-son love between them was found here, the place was called Maganur. Magan means "son" in Tamizh. Maganur later derived as Mohanur.