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Valliamman Cave Temple [1] is a Hindu temple dedicated to the goddess Valli, consort of Murugan (Kartikeya), situated in the northeast corner of Thiruchendur Murugan Temple.
St. Francis Xavier came to Manapad in 1542, conducting missionary activity on the Pearl Fishery Coast. [1] [2] He lived in a grotto cavern on the seaward face of a cliff and held mass at a chapel of the Captain's Cross, built close to the sea from a ship's mast after a storm in 1540. In 1581, the grotto was built into a big Church, when Fr John ...
Thoothukudi district is situated in the south-eastern corner of Tamil Nadu.It is bounded by the districts of Virudhunagar on the north, Ramanathapuram on the north-east, Tirunelveli on the west and south-west, Tenkasi on the north-west and Gulf of Mannar on the east and southeast.
Tiruchendur beach. Tiruchendur is located on the shoreline overlooking the Gulf of Mannar in the south-eastern part of Tamil Nadu. The suburban villages surrounding the town contain arid, red soil forests that are densely planted with palm trees, cashew plantations, and other crops part of the region.
[4] marakala community or mogera alias mogaveera community is the very powerfull fisherman community in coastal karnataka. marakala's are fishermans. his kula kasubu is fishing in rivers and sea. Barkoor bennekudru kulamahasthry temple, uchila mahalaxmi temple, bagvadi mahishamardini temples are major mogaveera kuladevi temples in coastal karnataka
Tiruchendur (12 km from Kayamozhi) 2: Tiruchendur Seashore: Tiruchendur (12 km from Kayamozhi) 3: Sri Mutharamman Temple 1 2: Kulasekharapatnam (15 km from Kayamozhi) 4: Kulasekharapatnam Beach: Kulasekharapatnam (15 km from Kayamozhi) 5: Karkuvel Ayyanar Temple 1 2: Therikudieruppu (2 km from Kayamozhi) 6: Arunchunai Kaatha Ayyanar Temple 1
Tiruchendur, Thoothukudi district: Located on the seashore near Thoothukudi amongst the remains of the Gandhamadana mountain or Santhanamalai (Sandal Mountain). The temple commemorates the place where Murugan won a decisive victory over the devil Surapadman by worshipping his father Shiva. Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple, Palani ...
The ancient town of Korkai, near present-day Thoothukudi, has been a center for maritime trade and pearl fishing for more than 2000 years. Ptolemy 's geography refers to Korkai as a center of pearl fishing while describing commercial relations between western India and Alexandria , the chief eastern emporium of the Roman Empire.