Periyababusamudram or Periyababusamuthiram is a village located in

Kandamangalam block The Kandamangalam block is a revenue block in the Viluppuram district of Tamil Nadu, India. It has a total of 45 panchayat villages. It is located at about 15 km from Pondicherry, Puducherry Main city. All the four sides are surrounded by ...

in Villupuram district of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

. This village falls under Vanur Assembly constituency and

Viluppuram Lok Sabha constituency Viluppuram Lok Sabha constituency ( ta, விழுப்புரம் மக்களவைத் தொகுதி) is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (Parliament of India, parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a Federated state, state in ...

Population

Vanniya Kula kshatriya's (Vanniya Gounder) community is the majority (55%) and

Adi Dravida Adi Dravida (or Adi Dravidar) is a term that has been used since 1914 by the state of Tamil Nadu in India to denote Paraiyars. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, they made up about half of Tamil Nadu's Scheduled Caste population. Origin ...

(25%) and other

Vannar Vannar is a Tamil caste found primarily in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and northeastern parts of Sri Lanka. The community has traditionally been involved in laundry. also agricultural workers They are in Tamil Nadu classified as Most Backwar ...

, Kuyavar,

Naidu Naidu (Nayudu/Nayadu/Naidoo/Nayakudu) is a title used by some South Indian Telugu communities, Telugu people such as the Balija, Golla, Kamma, Kapu, Telaga, Turupu Kapu,Ekila Kapu(Pala Ekari), Velama, Boyaand Yadava Naidu. Notable people People ...

community (20%) live in this village.

Economy

Most of the people in this village are in

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

and

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work.

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Sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...

, ulundham,

groundnut Groundnut may refer to: * Seeds that ripen underground, of the following plants, all in the Faboideae subfamily of the legumes: ** '' Best Basketball Player'', Obinna Udunni ** '' Arachis villosulicarpa'', a perennial peanut species ** ''Vigna sub ...

Cassava ''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively ...

etc., are cultivated here as major crops. And some work in nearby factories. The pambai river,

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

and

pond A pond is an area filled with water, either natural or artificial, that is smaller than a lake. Defining them to be less than in area, less than deep, and with less than 30% emergent vegetation helps in distinguishing their ecology from th ...

s here add much beauty to the village and are an important source of agriculture.

Climate

The climate of Periyababusamudram is classified by the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

as tropical wet and dry, similar to that of coastal Pondicherry. Summer lasts from April to early June, when maximum temperatures may reach . The average maximum temperature is . Minimum temperatures are in the order of . This is followed by a period of high humidity and occasional thundershowers from June until September. The

northeast monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscill ...

sets in during the middle of October, and periyababusamudram gets the bulk of its annual rainfall during the period from October to December. The annual average rainfall is . Winters are very warm, with highs of and lows often dipping to around .

Temples

* Puliyampattu mariyamman temple * Periyandavar temple * Omkareshwar (Lord sivan) temple * Draupathi Amman temple * Pillaiyar temple * Perumal temple * Ayyanar temple * Theepanjamman temple In this village there is a Chariot (ther) about 80 feet high and the Chariot Festival is held once a year.

The Streets

* Pillaiyar Koil Street * Aalansalai * Theradi Street * Anna Nagar * Ayyanar Koil Street * Vanur Road * Bharathi Street * Kurukku street * Lake Street * Periyababusamudram Colony

Facilities

* Govt high school * Anganwadi centre * Govt sub health centre * Vao office * Panchayat office * Ration shop * Library * Post office

Major political parties

Major political parties in this village; *

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief mini ...

Pattali Makkal Katchi Paattali Makkal Katchi (; PMK) is a political party in Tamil Nadu, India, founded by S. Ramadoss in 1989 for the Vanniyars, a caste in northern Tamil Nadu. It is currently part of the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). It contests th ...

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...

Transport

Road

This village is located about 3 km from

Kandamangalam Kandamangalam (Tamil:''கண்டமங்கலம்'') is a town in Villupuram district, Villupuram taluk of Tamil Nadu. The town is one of the 13 panchayat unions in Villupuram district. The city falls under Vanur Assembly constituency and ...

on the Vanur road. From this village,

Puducherry Puducherry or Pondicherry may refer to: * Puducherry (union territory), a union territory of India ** Pondicherry, capital of the union territory of Puducherry ** Puducherry district, a district of the union territory of Puducherry ** Puducherry tal ...

is 18 km in the east direction,

Villupuram Viluppuram, Villupuram, or Vizhuppuram () is a Municipality and the administrative headquarters of Viluppuram district. Located south west of a Tiruvannamalai and north west of Cuddalore null The town serves as a major railway junction, ...

is 23 km in the west direction and

Cuddalore Cuddalore, also spelt as Kadalur (), is the city and headquarters of the Cuddalore District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Situated south of Chennai, Cuddalore was an important port during the British Raj. While the early history of Cudda ...

is 21 km in the south east direction. At a distance of 3 km from here, the town of

is on the Villupuram - Nagapattinam national Highway, from where there are frequent buses to Puducherry and Villupuram. A bus plies to Puducherry and Villupuram from Kalithrampet, a village 2 km from Periyababusamudram village. A national highway project from Villupuram to Chennai via ECR has been announced by the central government, the highway passes through this village and work is currently underway.

Rail

Chinnababusamudram railway station is 3 km from here. Trains run from this station to

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

Tirupati Tirupati () is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Tirupati district. The city is home to the important Hindu shrine of Tirumala Venkateswara Temple and other historic temples and is refe ...

, etc. It has daily trains connecting the city with

apart from non-daily trains towards prime cities including

Mangaluru Mangalore (), officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 20 km north of Karnataka–Ker ...

Tiruchirapalli Tiruchirappalli () ( formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with bein ...

Bengaluru Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

Bhubaneshwar Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango tr ...

and

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

via

Air

The nearest airport is

Pondicherry Airport Puducherry Airport is a regional airport located at Lawspet in Puducherry, a Union territory of India. It is situated 8.1 km from the international community of Auroville. The airport has scheduled flights and operations of the local fl ...

Pondicherry Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the sout ...

, in

, approximately 15 km from Periyababusamudram. Pondicherry Airport is connected to Bangalore by commercial airlines. The nearest major airport is the

Chennai International Airport Chennai International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu and its metropolitan area. It is located in Tirusulam, southwest of the city centre. Chennai International Airport is the sixth busiest air ...

(MAA), approximately 143 km from the town; the next closest major airport is

Tiruchirapalli international Airport Tiruchirappalli International Airport (IATA: TRZ, ICAO: VOTR) is an international airport serving Tiruchirappalli in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The airport spread over an area of is located on National Highway 336, about south of the ci ...

, approximately 192 km from the village.

Gallery

File:Periyababusamudram 1.jpg,

Ardhanarishvara The Ardhanarishvara ( sa, अर्धनारीश्वर, Ardhanārīśvara, the half-female Lord, translit-std=IAST), is a form of the Hindu deity Shiva combined with his consort Parvati. Ardhanarishvara is depicted as half-male and half ...

statue File:Periyababusamudram 26.jpg, Draupathi amman koil

Vimana Vimāna are mythological flying palaces or chariots described in Hindu texts and Sanskrit epics. The "Pushpaka Vimana" of Ravana (who took it from Kubera; Rama returned it to Kubera) is the most quoted example of a vimana. Vimanas are also mentio ...

File:Periyababusamudram 24.jpg, Draupathi amman File:Periyababusamudram 17.jpg, Draupathi Amman temple File:Periyababusamudram 3.jpg, Pambai river File:Periyababusamudram 18.jpg, Draupathi amman koil File:Periyababusamudram 4.jpg, Pillaiyar koil File:Periyababusamudram 5.jpg, Govt sub health centre File:Periyababusamudram 6.jpg, Library File:Periyababusamudram 7.jpg, Periyandavar koil File:Periyababusamudram 8.jpg, Chariot File:Periyababusamudram 9.jpg, Omkareshwar koil File:Periyababusamudram 10.jpg, Ayyanar koil File:Periyababusamudram 11.jpg, Panchayat office File:Periyababusamudram 22.jpg, Village Administrative office File:Periyababusamudram 20.jpg, Post office File:Periyababusamudram 28.jpg, Agriculture land and natural File:Periyababusamudram 15.jpg, Periyababusamudram at morning sunrise File:Periyababusamudram 29.jpg, Periyababusamudram at evening sunset

References

{{Reflist Villages in Viluppuram district