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10 unusual facts about Tirunelveli


Alangulam

Alangulam, Tirunelveli, a town in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu in India

Athar Jamad Masjid

The Jamaat comprises the descendants of the 52 families from Tirunelveli that moved to Coimbatore in 1850.

Avalokiteśvara

The Japanese scholar Shu Hikosaka on the basis of his study of Buddhist scriptures, ancient Tamil literary sources, as well as field survey, proposes the hypothesis that, the ancient mount Potalaka, the residence of Avalokiteśvara described in the Gandavyuha Sutra and Xuanzang’s Records, is the real mountain Potikai or Potiyil situated at Ambasamudram in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu.

Ayyavazhi in reports by Christian missionaries

On the Ayyavazhi religion, the report says that "multitudes of people flocked to him from all parts of Travancore and Tinnevelly." (p. 71)

Chokkampatti

“When the sima came under the administration of the Diwanam, Etubar Khan was appointed to hold charge of affairs at Tirunelveli. Vellaya Thevar got into disfavour with him on account of his refusal to give him bribes and presents as much as he wanted. At this time, Periyaswami Thevar, son of Irula Nanji Thevar, pleased Etubar Khan by paying him a large amount of money and though his help got the estate of Chokkampatti transferred to his name.”

This Maravar palaiyam was located in the Sankarankovil taluk, in the former Tirunelveli province of the Nayak kingdom of Madurai.

Chola art

Notable amongst these is the Tiruvalisvaram temple near Tirunelveli.

Nadar climber

Presumably the Nadars of Southern Travancore migrated to Travancore from Tirunelveli in the 16th century after the invasion of the Tirunelveli by the Raja of Travancore.

Pettai

Pettai, Tirunelveli, an industrial suburb of the city of Tirunelveli, Tirunelveli District

Stephen Neill

He went to Trinity College, Cambridge and fellow there before going as a missionary to Tamil Nadu and became bishop of Tirunelveli in 1939.


Aladi Aruna

He later joined the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and was elected to the Lok Sabha,from Tirunelveli and later M. G. Ramachandran nominated him to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu in 1984.He also served as the leader of the AIADMK in the Rajya Sabha .

Ayyavazhi festivals

This day was an official holiday for the southern districts of Tamil Nadu such as Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli.

Daas

The film begins in a small village in Tirunelveli district where a few upper caste men hold a chariot festival.

Ettayapuram estate

During an invasion of Alauddin Khilji, Kumaramuttu Nayak the founder of the dynasty migrated from Chandragiri to Tirunelveli where he was granted the region comprising the later-established Ettaiyapuram estate.

Hello FM

Later, in 2007 it expanded its broadcast to other cities in Tamil Nadu such as Madurai, Trichy, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and to the union territory of Puducherry.

History of Tirunelveli

Inscriptions of Rajendra Chola I have been found in every part of Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi districts.

Kollamkondan

This Maravar palayam was located near Rajapalayam, at the foot of the Western Ghats, in the former Tirunelveli province of the Nayak dynasty of Madura.

M.Rajaram

Professor Rajaram was appointed vice-chancellor of Anna University of Technology, Tirunelveli, in 2010 before it was merged with the Chennai Campus.

Mallika Srinivasan

She has an abiding interest in ensuring development of education and healthcare in India and has been instrumental in supporting organizations such as the Sankara Nethralaya (A leading eye care organization), the Cancer Hospital in Chennai and a number of educational and healthcare facilities in Tirunelveli district in South India.

Mudalur

Mudalur is served by the FM dial by Suryan FM, run by Sun Network (frequency 93.5 MHz), Hello FM, run by the Malai Malar Group (frequency 106.5 MHz) and Tirunelveli Vanoli Nilayam (All India Radio), by the Government of India.

National Engineering College

Madurai is the closest metropolitan city, around 100 km away, while Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Trivandrum are the other major cities that are close by.

Neil Statue Satyagraha

The agitators came from all over the Madras Presidency and were led by S. N. Somayajulu of Tirunelveli.

Quiteria

However, her cult spread and there were many churches dedicated to her in France (such as at Lilhac), Spain, Portugal, India (Manakarai, Tuticorin District, Tamil Nadu and also at Kuthankuzhi, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu) and thus also in Brazil.

Sindhudurg district

District is also well connected by Konkan railway to Mumbai, Thane,Goa and other parts of the country like Mangalore, Karwar Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Hapa, Veraval, New Delhi, Jodhpur, Porbundar by Konkan rail.

Sivagiri, Tirunelveli

This is one of the three Palayams and is located in the Sivagiri taluk of Tirunelveli, on the slopes of the Western Ghats.

Teretrurus

Found in southern India in Wynaad, Travancore (in Nalumukku at 1,350 m elevation and Oothu at 1,300 m), the Manimuthar Hills (in the Western Ghats of the Tinnevelly district) and Nyamakad (Western Ghats of the Kerala Munar Hills at 2,200 m).

Vanchinathan

On June 17, 1911, Vanchi who was just 25 assassinated Ashe, the district collector of Tirunelveli, who was also known as Collector Dorai.