What is Kulithalai?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Kulithalai | other_name = Kulittalai | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = Kulitalai kadambavanesvarar temple karur district tamilnadu.JPG | pushpin_map = India Tamil Nadu | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India | coordinates = {{coord|10.56|N|78.25|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Karur district|Karur]] | established_title = <!-- Established --> | government_type = Second Grade Municipality | unit_pref = Metric | elevation_m = 86 | population_total = 27910 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]] | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --> | registration_plate = TN-47 }} '''Kulithalai''' is a town in [[Karur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. The recorded history of Kulithalai is known from medieval Chola period of the 9th century and has been ruled, at different times, by the Medieval Cholas, Later Cholas, Later Pandyas, [[Vijayanagar Empire]] and the British Raj. [[Karunanidhi|M. Karunanidhi]], five time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and leader of [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] won his first legislative elections from Kulithatlai constituency in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brand Karunanidhi turns 84 Sunday|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1281143691.html|location=Chennai|publisher=Hindustan Times|date=2 June 2007|access-date=28 April 2015|archi