- Lakshmipuram
Lakshmipuram (Pudhupatti) is a village in western
Tamil Nadu inIndia . It is one of the more Hi-Tech villages where its hard to see a thatched hut or house with an asbestos roof. Nayacker (Kamma Nayudu) is the predominant caste in this village. It can be termed as a rapidly developing village in the entire district of Theni. All basic facilities are available almost to each and every door-step. It is situated on the foot hills ofKodaikanal . It is nearer toKumbakkarai Falls . Other notable tourist places nearby areSuruli Falls ,Munnar (about two hours) and picturesque Sothupparai Dam.The most famous festival here is Kaliamman koil Pongal [different from Jan 14th common pongal of Tamilnadu] which is celebrated in a grand manner in its own traditional which stretches for 5 days and includes SIRAPPU, a unique festival where one can see all the people of the village gathering at a particular place near the hills and fed with good food that includes Mutton kulammbu,
muttai and Rice.A District sessions court has been recently built at Lakshmipuram. It is on the main road that connects Theni with northern Tamil Nadu. This has been a reason for a major boom in real estate prices too.
The nearest railway stations are in Theni,
Dindukkal andMadurai .The village is well connected by bus services from all around TamilNadu. The literacy rate is very high. It is so high that you can find at least one engineer in each home either working in metros or abroad.
Almost 85% of the people in the village dependent on farming. The main crops are Sugarcane, Maize (seasonal) etc. Farming involves making
Jaggery from the sugarcane the process involves boiling thecane juice till it loses all its water content and the hot liquid is allowed to cool which solidifies when cooled. The other interesting thing here is the rearing ofEmu birds. It is actually a bird most commonly found in Australia. There are several farms that rear this bird that are used for medicinal purpose.Recently received "uthamar gandhi award" from government of Tamil Nadhu this award given only two village panchayat in Tamil Nadu. And also "nirmal purashkar award" from honourable ex president DR APJ ABDHUL KALAM.
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View of the Kodaikanal hills 1 View of the Kodaikanal hills 2 View of the Kodaikanal hills 3
Emu Bird farm
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