Wooster Nagar is the name of a small
fishing village in
Chengalpattu district in the state of
Tamil Nadu, India. Dedicated 3 January 2007, the village consists of 26 homes built with funds donated by citizens of
Wooster, Ohio USA.
[''In Touch South India'', Headlines from the U.S. Consulate General, Chennai, Feb-Mar 2007, Vol. IV, Issue 1.] In recognition of these donations, the village residents renamed their village Wooster Nagar. "Nagar" is from
Sanskrit and means city.
The village is located at
Pudupattinam, just inland from the
Indian Ocean coastline, an hour south of
Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu. Village residents, employed as inland waters fishermen, saw their nearby homes completely destroyed by the December 2004
tsunami which hit, among other areas, the eastern coast of India.
References
External links
A blog which includes a May 2008 visit to Wooster Nagar.*
College of Wooster faculty meet Wooster Nagar townspeople in May 200
{{Chengalpattu district
Villages in Chengalpattu district