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'''Alamarathupatti''' is a village and panchayat in [[Sivakasi]] block, [[Virudhunagar district]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite news |title=This teacher cleaned a village and raised a generation |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/this-teacher-cleaned-a-village-and-raised-a-generation/articleshow/92540615.cms |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=29 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=R8.3.4 DPR Frozen Status Report {{!}} State: TAMIL NADU, District: VIRUDHUNAGAR, Block :SIVAKASI, Panchayat: Alamarathupatti |url=https://mnregaweb4.nic.in/netnrega/state_html/work_cat_freeze_detail.aspx?state_name=TAMIL%20NADU&state_code=29&district_name=VIRUDHUNAGAR&district_code=2924&block_name=SIVAKASI&block_code=2924009&panchayat_name=Alamarathupatti&panchayat_code=2924009001&fin_year=2017-2018&source=national&Digest=pXu2AcYEv6A6w6Q1I4eO9A |website=The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref>
'''Alamarathupatti''' is the name of a village 4&nbsp;km from [[Thiruthangal]] and 6&nbsp;km from [[Sivakasi]] in [[Virudunagar]] District, [[Tamil Nadu]]. Alamarathupatti is surrounded by other villages like Sengamalapatti, Naranapuram, Chellaiyanaiyakanpatti and towns Thiruthangal and Sivakasi.


==Locatlity==
The village has a [[Krishna]] temple and [[Kali]] temple, and one ''Sacred Fig(Arasa Maram)''it is very old tree and the age is not yet estimated.The main village festival is celebrated by the people very enthusiastically around April. During this time temple deities Narayana and Nachiyar are brought in Pallaku(Tamil) from Thiruthangal for a days pooja here and another day in the nearby village of Naranapuram. The Pallaku is carried by the villagers all the way from Thiruthangal to the Village.
Alamarathupatti is surrounded by other villages like Sengamalapatti, Naranapuram, Chellaiyanaiyakanpatti and is close to the towns of [[Thiruthangal]] (4&nbsp;km away) and [[Sivakasi]] (6&nbsp;km away). The road to Alamarathupatti from Sivakasi is home to many [[firecracker]] factories.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chemical hazards, detrimental health effects: How workers in TN's Sivasaki fireworks industry are fighting odds |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/how-workers-in-tamil-nadu-sivasaki-fireworks-industry-are-fighting-odds-1860346-2021-10-03 |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=[[India Today]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=4 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
This village also has a temple for Ganesh, or "''Mukku Pillayar Kovil''" in Tamil, at the entrance of the village. Traditionally, the people would go here to pray for a good start when setting out on new ventures or actions.


== Notable persons ==
[[File:Alamarathupatti Narayana and nachiyar .jpg|thumb|Lord Narayana and Nachiyar in the village during the festival]]
[[J. Balagangadharan]], the former member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]], is from the village.


==Amenities==
Notes : There is another Alamarathupatti, a village of Kolathur block in Salem district
The village has a primary school, PUPS Alamarathupatti
<ref>{{cite web |title=F. No.28-2/2022-13-9 - Minutes of the meeting of the Proiect Approval Board held on 9th I/arch, 2022 to consider the Annual Work Plan & Budget (AWP&B) 2022-23 of Samagra Shiksha for the State of Tamil Nadu. |url=https://dsel.education.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-06/pab_tn_22_23.pdf |website=Department of School Education & Literacy |publisher=[[Government of India]] |access-date=18 June 2024 |date=10 June 2022}}</ref>


==Culture and history==
== Notable persons ==
[[File:Alamarathupatti Narayana and nachiyar .jpg|thumb|Lord Narayana and Nachiyar in the village during the festival]]
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Each April the village has a festival in which residents carry idols of [[Narayana]] and Nachiyar on [[palanquins]] from the town of Thiruthangal. Many people from this village participated in the [[Indian independence movement]].
Nagamma Naidu's family was first setteld and developed this village and had a lot of land; they donated to all people of the village. Janarthanan, Sankarappan, and Chinnayan were from this village and they actively worked for social, harmonised and humanitarian centric society.J.Balagangadharan,the former member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is from this village. During freedom movement the whole village participated. This village was declared as a gramdhan village and the villagers contributed free land to landless peasants as Shri Vinoba Bave's sarvodya movement asked for.The noted freedom fighters G.Ramachandran, G.Alavandar, V.Srinivasan,SR Ramaswamy. G. Ramachandran spent more than 2 years at Bellari Jail. On 15 August 1947, the whole village celebrated the Indian Independence by hoisting the tri-color flag on top of the sacred fig tree.


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://wikimapia.org/3579221/Alamarathupatti MAP]
*[http://wikimapia.org/3579221/Alamarathupatti Alamarathupatti map on Wikimapia]



[[Category:Villages in Virudhunagar district]]
[[Category:Villages in Virudhunagar district]]

Latest revision as of 08:28, 15 September 2024

Alamarathupatti
ஆலமரத்துப்பட்டி
village
Alamarathupatti is located in Tamil Nadu
Alamarathupatti
Alamarathupatti
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Alamarathupatti is located in India
Alamarathupatti
Alamarathupatti
Alamarathupatti (India)
Coordinates: 9°28′25″N 77°50′21″E / 9.473709°N 77.839175°E / 9.473709; 77.839175
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictVirudhunagar
Government
 • Panchayat PresidentMr.P. Mahalingam
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
626130
Telephone code91 4562
Vehicle registrationTN 67

Alamarathupatti is a village and panchayat in Sivakasi block, Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu.[1][2]

Locatlity

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Alamarathupatti is surrounded by other villages like Sengamalapatti, Naranapuram, Chellaiyanaiyakanpatti and is close to the towns of Thiruthangal (4 km away) and Sivakasi (6 km away). The road to Alamarathupatti from Sivakasi is home to many firecracker factories.[3]

Notable persons

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J. Balagangadharan, the former member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, is from the village.

Amenities

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The village has a primary school, PUPS Alamarathupatti [4]

Culture and history

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Lord Narayana and Nachiyar in the village during the festival

Each April the village has a festival in which residents carry idols of Narayana and Nachiyar on palanquins from the town of Thiruthangal. Many people from this village participated in the Indian independence movement.

References

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  1. ^ "This teacher cleaned a village and raised a generation". The Times of India. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  2. ^ "R8.3.4 DPR Frozen Status Report | State: TAMIL NADU, District: VIRUDHUNAGAR, Block :SIVAKASI, Panchayat: Alamarathupatti". The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Chemical hazards, detrimental health effects: How workers in TN's Sivasaki fireworks industry are fighting odds". India Today. Press Trust of India. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  4. ^ "F. No.28-2/2022-13-9 - Minutes of the meeting of the Proiect Approval Board held on 9th I/arch, 2022 to consider the Annual Work Plan & Budget (AWP&B) 2022-23 of Samagra Shiksha for the State of Tamil Nadu" (PDF). Department of School Education & Literacy. Government of India. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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