6,December
2012.
PAPPAVALASU is a tiny village lies in the world map on the coordinates 11°16’45.32” N
and 77°26’57.17” E, in Erode district of Tamil Nadu, India. It is 36 Km
west of Erode and 5 Km east of Kunnathur ( Aadhi Kunnathur ). The entire
village houses are constructed within two lanes/ streets. This is
almost center of Erode to Coimbatore, Tiruppur to Erode and
Tirupur to Gobichettipalayam bus route. The post office is
located at Kunnathur. Once it was in Coimbatore district and now in Tiruppur District. There is no river or Kulam near by. People depends on bore-well for
drinking water. All the houses are built with mud and the roofs are
mangalore tiled. We are the first to get TNEB
power supply, when I was studying 4th 0r 5th standard
in a Government elementary school at Velampalayam about 1 KM meters away from
my village.
LOCATION OF THE PLACE : CLICK HERE
( The view of our village from main road )
There
is an odai on the western side of our village and the water will flow
only during heavy rain. The burial ground is on the banks of the odai. We used
to play in the odai water when we are young. About 25 years before there
was a very very heavy rain and the odai has got flooded. The flooded water
carried the ground nuts which were laid for drying in the fields.
( The view of our village from main road - Our house is back of the coconut tree )
Our
village was very famous for the bullock carts, used for transporting materials
by the farmers and the same was used as a transportation also. After the
industrial revolution the scenario was completely changed. The peoples in
the village could not adopt the latest technology and change. Hence the
total manufacture of bullock carts was vanished from the history and the
peoples migrated to various places but doing the same job of Carpentry (
doors, windows, etc., ) to take care for their livelihood. Now this tiny
village looks deserted during day time and almost all the houses are
locked. I was little up set to see that.
The TNEB's Office at our Village
Since
my Uncle ( Mr Avinachiappan otherwise called him as Kadaiannan, who used to
spend most of the time in small tea shop ) do not have child, he encouraged us
to study and switch over to some other job. So my brother A Ringeswaran, studied up to
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering and he in-turn helped me acquire my
Diploma in Electrical Engineering. ( increased my qualification up to MS level
through distance education latter. ).
Our ancestors house our Grand father and grand mother lived in this village. This house walls are built with mud without foundation
The
youngsters of our Village reconstructed Sri Sakthi Mariamman and a
Vinayagar temple. The Kumbhabhishekam was conducted an year before
and special pooja is conducted on every No moon ( Amavasya ) day night and annadhanam is also being served. The temple looks beautiful.
( View of Sri Sakthi Mariamman temple with Sri Vinayagar sannidhi )
I
used to go to my village frequently to see my mother who is now at 90+ and
takes care of herself and do not want to depend on any body for her routine
works including cooking ( She is reluctant to come to Chennai ). When she happened to see me, she becomes more healthy. When she
was young, she used to help the village ladies during delivery and after child
birth.
My mother now at 90+ with her grand son
LOCATION OF MY VILLAGE : CLICK
HERE, CLICK HERE
Some
of the photos taken during my recent visit is uploaded.
Another view of our grand father's house. The bath room and kitchen was built at a latter stage.
Sri Sakthi Mariamman temple vimanam on the sanctum
Sri Vinayagar sannidhi and nagars on the both side
Sri Sakthi Mariamman in Santhana kappu
View of the temple
LOCATION WITH IMAGES : CLICK HERE
SAKTHI MARIAMMAN TEMPLE ANNUAL FESTIVAL 2024
--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA ---
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