Sundaranachiapuram Explained

Sundaranachiapuram
Native Name Lang:Tamil
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Tamil Nadu#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates:9.45°N 77.55°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Tamil Nadu
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Virudhunagar
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Tamil
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:626142
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:04563
Registration Plate:OLD-TN-67 New- TN-84
Blank1 Name Sec1:Nearest city
Blank1 Info Sec1:Rajapalayam
Blank2 Name Sec1:Literacy
Blank2 Info Sec1:65%
Blank3 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank3 Info Sec1:Tenkasi
Blank1 Name Sec2:Climate
Blank1 Info Sec2:hot (Köppen)
Blank2 Name Sec2:Avg. summer temperature
Blank2 Info Sec2:39°C
Blank3 Name Sec2:Avg. winter temperature
Blank3 Info Sec2:25°C

Sundaranachiyapuram is a village located nearby Rajapalayam, in Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a small village, with around 1300 families.

History

Sundaranachiapuram was born in 1888 from sundar raja puram, It is named for the Hindu god Sundaranachiamman. The Sundaranachiamman temple is 2 km.

In the nineteenth century it was under the control of Seithur Zamindhar who oppressed the people of Sundaranachiapuram and filed a case against them. Some heads of the village sought the help of the Jesuit missionary Father J. B. Trincal who was stationed at W. Pudupatti. The villagers agreed to embrace Christianity provided that they were freed from the seithur zamindhar. In 1888, 12 July he sav the unlettered victims and won the case. As a result, the whole village became Christian, but Sundar Raja puram people remain the same with Seithur Zamindhar.

Work

Agriculture is the main occupation of the people. Crops include coconut, paddy rice, mango, sugarcane, cotton, millet, roots and tuber crops, maize, cucumber, pumpkin and various vegetables.

Most of the irrigation is done in traditional ways. Water sources are mostly wells and in some cases surface water being pumped into the farmlands.

There are also masons (kothanar), embroidery, and brickmakers (sengal soolai).

School

Two schools were established 150 years ago by Roman Catholic priests:

Temples and Churches

The village has two temples and a church:

Sundaranachiamman temple

Climate

The climate of the region is semi-arid tropical monsoon type. Temperatures range from 25 °C to 37 °C. The area has a high mean temperature and low humidity. April, May and June are the hottest months of the year. The southwest monsoon which begins in June and lasts till August brings scanty rain; the bulk of the rainfall is received during the northeast monsoon in October and November.