T.Subbulapuram

T.Subbulapuram
city
T.Subbulapuram Show map of Tamil Nadu T.Subbulapuram Show map of India Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 10°0′52.03″N 77°39′22.37″E / 10.0144528°N 77.6562139°E / 10.0144528; 77.6562139Coordinates: 10°0′52.03″N 77°39′22.37″E / 10.0144528°N 77.6562139°E / 10.0144528; 77.6562139
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Theni
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

T.Subbulapuram (Tamil: தி.சுப்புலாபுரம்) is a village in Andipatti Taluk^[1][2] in Theni District, Tamil Nadu State, India. It is located around 5km from Andipatti town, 20km from Theni and 57km from Madurai.

History

The village of T.Subbulapuram is one of the oldest villages of Tamil Nadu, dating back to the 8th century. It is a secular village. The initial "T" denotes that the village comes under Thimmarasanaickanur division (a collection of villages). The village has the second largest number of voters in the Aundipatti Assembly, as well as in Theni Lok Sabha constituency in the Theni District of Tamil Nadu. The main occupations of local residents are agriculture and weaving. The village is famous for its Khadi products. The economy is driven by agriculture; the main crops grown are rice, cotton, ragi and cholam, and vegetables such as tomato, brinjal, drumstick, and chillies.

Economy: Farming is the major occupation, followed by weaving; there are many handloom and power loom companies in the village. These are the main sources of income for the people of T.Subbulapuram.

Schools

• Panchayat Union Elementary School - From 1st Std to 5th Std in Tamil medium of instruction
• Government Higher Secondary School - From 6th Standard to 12th Standard in Tamil medium of instruction

Temples and festivals

Temples

T.Subbulapuram is a small-scale temple town. Of the many temples some important ones are: Sri Kannan kovil; Mallaieswaran Temple, Sri Sandhanamaari Amman Temple, Sri Bhathrakali Amman Temple, Sri Bhagavathi Amman Temple, Sri Kandhanatha Swamy Temple, Sri Thandayuthapani Temple, Nalimalai Pillaiyar Temple, Kaliamman and Vinayaga Temples, Sri Kaliammam and Mariamman Temple, Sri Mangaththaiamman Temple, Sri Valagurunathan and Angalaeshwari Madasamy Temple, Sri Kaliamman and Vinayaga Temple, Jakkammal Kovil, Sri Pethanasamy and Sri Maalaiammal Kovil Temple, and Pallan Samuthaya Mariyamman and Kaliyamman Temple.

Festivals

Panguni pongal and Kandha Sashti are very famous festivals in the village. Panguni pongal is celebrated every year during the last week of the Tamil month Panguni in honour of Sri Bathrakali Amman, Sri Bhagavadhi Amman, and Sri Kaliamman.

Kandha Sashti is celebrated in the month of Karthikai, in the next week of Diwali. The Kilakku theru Sri Mariamman Temple Festival is contacted by in the month of Panguni.

Sri Sandhanamaari Amman festival (Mulai pari, Theechatti, Pookkuli) is celebrated on the middle or last week of Chithirai.

Krishna Jayanthi (Janmastami) and Manikkasamy Swamy pooja are also very famous. Mega Yaga pooja and Mega Annathana pooja are celebrated magnificently. Around 3000 people participate in the event. In north street the Sri Kalaiamman festival is conducted in the month of Panguni. The Sri Pethanasamy and Sri Maalaiammal Kovil Kumbhabhisegam event conducted on 24 May 2013 saw more than 5000 people participating.

Facilities

There are good transport facilities to the nearest town, Aundipatty . Six minibuses (Alagarsamy (RAR), Fivestar, Palani-1, Sivadharani, Annda, Palani-2) and two government buses are available. A Post Office is present, as are two banks (South Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank), and there is a primary health centre, a veterinary hospital, library, a yoga centre and a karate centre. Vaigai Dam is the biggest village in Theni.

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