Valinokkam is a village in

Ramanathapuram district Ramanathapuram District, also known as Ramnad District, is one of the 38 districts an administrative districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The old Ramanathapuram District consists of Present day Virudhunagar Virudhunagar is a c ...

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. Because it is near the seashore, Valinokkam is famous for salt production. The Tamil Nadu Salt corporation started Salt production from Valinokkam in the year 1974. It is also well known for the shrine of Imraan Ummayah Al Badawiyyah shaheed and Sulthan Abdul Qadir Popularly called as Peer Muhammad, Noor Muhammad waliyullah Dargah by the local people.

Village

The village is situated on a peninsula. This village is peaceful and cover of nature in

Gulf of Mannar The Gulf of Mannar ( ) is a large shallow bay forming part of the Laccadive Sea in the Indian Ocean with an average depth of .

. Hence, it played an essential role in the ancient wars which occurred in the region. An aesthetically pleasing

Masjid A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, i ...

is said to have been constructed by

Jinns Jinn ( ar, , ') – also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies (with the broader meaning of spirit or demon, depending on sources) – are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabian religious systems and later in Islamic mytho ...

, which was originally constructed by Vavwali Naina Mohamed marraicayar of kilakarai (grandfather of vallal seethakathi marraikayar) who build many stone masjids in sea shore area of

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and andhra he built many masjid in cylone also which resembles by his own symbol embossed in those masjid which was very clearly shown in his tomb (old jumma masjid oldest masjid of India) in Kilakarai ;

Facilities of this village

1. 24 hours (PHC) Government Hospital for treatment This village hospital is useful to approximately surrounding of 6 villages. But the (PHC) doesn't have proper treatment. 2. 24 hours available for tourist travels (car, minivan, tata venture and mahindra tourister) 3. Dhodhal Halwa, Fish & Sea foods etc...... famous. 4. All type of online services available in R.S.R communication and Xerox.... 5. There are two legal sunnath jamaath masjid approved by Tamil Nadu Wakf Board....

References

Villages in Ramanathapuram district Sufi shrines in India Ziyarat Dargahs in Tamil Nadu Erwadi-related dargahs {{Ramanathapuram-geo-stub