. "+5:30" . . "Oriyur"@en . . "Oriyur is a small village located in Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is 35 kilometers from Devakottai, Sivagangai(Dt).It is a Christian pilgrim center, as it is home to the martyrdom of St. John de Britto, a Portuguese Jesuit better known as \u2018Arulanandar\u2019 in Tamil. It was in this place that St. John de Britto was beheaded in 1693 and the sand dune is said to have turned red, stained by the blood of the saint.There are references about Oriyur in Tamil Literature."@en .