Thopputhurai

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Thopputhurai is a place at the South end of Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu state, India.

It lies between the East Coast road of Vedaranyam-Nagapattinam around 23 k.m. Radius. Vedaranyam (Thirumaraikadu) town falls under Panchayat. Of the people 60% are Muslims and people of other religion live in near by villages around this place. Here Muslims, Hindus and other religious people live together and this place can be sited as an example of unity among people of different community.

Thopputhurai is a village near seashore. The name gives that this place has lot of plantation and harbor. From this village a salt lake mixes with the after running a distance of 4 k.m. So in the early days people use to trade using catamarans to board their goods in to steamers whereby they trade with Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and other South East Asian countries. The people stared calling them MARAKALAYAR and now they are called as MARAIKAYAR. They started trading with the goods exchanged by way of barter system. This people take the goods in night by horseback and trade them in the markets in the daytime. This people are called TATHARKAL as the days passed they are now called as IRAVUTHURKAL. This name doesn't relate to a religion they are called so because of their trade. They are no longer called by that name now. Only few are now doing business, some has become agriculturist and majority people are working in foreign countries.

[edit] Thopputhurai Muslim Sangam

People living in Singapore stated this sangam for the welfare of people in Thopputhurai and for the unity among people in 1948 and all this days it has done some good deeds to the people their.

People residing in U.A.E. formed a sangam in 1977 with Dubai as Head quarter and started making action plans for the place. The future action plan of this sangam is it has marked the importance of providing education to Women. So the Sangam started checking out action plans for imparting Islamic studies to Women. With this plans women will get Islamic studies through Arabic & Tamil and other professional studies. A community library is already installed. This sangam offers money as an aid to poor during their marriage.

[edit] The modern world

In Thopputhurai 90% of the house has telephone connection. Indian telecom has now plans of providing Internet Services.

The Thopputhurai People getting medical assistants are available in Vedaranyam. Near by districts like Nagapattinam, Tanjore are getting this facility.

In Thopputhurai Muslims have many Mosques. One of the Grand Mosques is a century old.