Megnanapuram

Megnanapuram
—  village  —
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District(s)	Thoothukudi
Nearest city	Tiruchendur
Parliamentary constituency	Tiruchendur
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Climate Temperature • Summer • Winter	•      41 °C (106 °F) •      28 °C (82 °F)
Codes • Pincode • 648210 • Vehicle • TN-69

Megnanapuram lies in the southern side of Thoothukudi district, at about 6 km east of Sattankulam and 11 km south of Nazareth. Udangudi is the nearest town. The nearest railway is Nazareth Railway Station. It is served by Tuticorin Airport. By road, it is accessible from Tirunelveli (41 km north-west), Tuticorin and Nagercoil.

One of the stateliest churches in the whole of India is St. Paul’s church. Megnanapuram is a village which came under the influence of Rev. C. T. E. Rhenius. On March 7, 1830, Rhenius changed the name of the village "Neduvilai" into "Megnanapuram" (True Wisdom). Rev. John Thomas, who landed here in 1837, took the village to his heart and designed the church, which is a ‘must’ for any visitor to Tirunelveli. The imposing steeple, 192 ft high, was added in 1868, the coping stone being fixed by Lord Napier. Rev. John Thomas was buried in a corner of the church.

Climate

The climate is very pleasant in rainy and winter season (September–January),and very hot in summer. As it is only 5 km away from the Bay of Mannar a pleasant wind blows in the evening all around the year.

Economy

Agriculture is the major source of livelihood for the people here. The west ayacut irrigation (sadaneri kalvai)is the only source of irrigation. Lake Sadaneri is always dry because the farmers of 'semerikulam' are not allowing the water in the canal as it will immerse their 'illegal' cultivation in 'Padugai'. The failure of monsoon over the years made the people to migrate to town for grocery business. As education is very accessible, the young generation got good job all over the world. The profession of 'cooking' is very famous and they travel to Chennai and Coimbatore for preparing mouth watering delicious food in churches.

Sports

Although people play all games Kabaddi and volleyball are very famous. Megnanapuram has generated lot of national Kabaddi players and Clubs like SAP bros found by T.SUGIRTHAPANY OF ELLANGANATHAPURAM , John Thomas club etc.,.

Coordinates: 8°28′N 77°59′E / 8.467°N 77.983°E / 8.467; 77.983