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	'I saw the sea eat my wife, kids'
		I saw the sea eat my wife, children and house," K Panneerselvam, a fisherman recuperating in a government general hospital in Nagapattinam, is unconsolable.
		Panneerselvam was repairing his fishing net, preparing to venture into the sea off the Nagapattinam coast on Sunday morning.
		The worst affected villages and towns are -- Nagapattinam, Tranquebar, Vedaranyam, Vailankanni, Chinnagudi, Vanageri, Chandrabadi, Mannilkapang, Poompuhar, Pudukuppam, Neithavasal, Karaikal, Tiruvankadu and Pazhayar.
	in.rediff.com /news/2004/dec/27tsunami1.htm (540 words)

	UNICEF India - Health
		The quiet fishing town of Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu was left devastated in the wake of the tsunami that hit its shores in December 2004, destroying all that lay in its path - fishing boats, houses and more than 6000 lives.
		Nagapattinam would be highlighted once again in the global picture - this time for happier reasons.
		The UNDP, UNICEF and The Clinton Foundation teams arrived in Nagapattinam on 24 May. The following day a meeting, involving all the teams and the district officials, was held to finalise the proceedings for the visit.
	www.unicef.org /india/health_646.htm (1086 words)

	TSUNAMI: Nagapattinam District (TAMIL NADU)
		Nagapattinam district, The Land of religious harmony, known for its rich religious heritage was carved out by bifurcating the composite Thanjavur district on 18.10.1991.
		This District lies on the shores of the Bay of Bengal between Northern Latitude 10.7906 degrees and 79.8428 Degrees Eastern Longitude an area of 2715.83 Square kilometers in its fold.
		The District capital, 'Nagapattinam' lies on the eastern coast, 350 kilometers down south from the State capital 'Chennai' and 145 kilometers east, from Tiruchirappalli, a central place of the state.
	www.ashanet.org /projects/project-view.php?p=667 (366 words)

	Tamil Nadu Tourism - Places > cities >Nagapattinam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nagapattinam is a unique district with its own historical and cultural significance.
		Nagappattinam was one of the constituents of Cholamandalam, and was acclaimed as the most prominent and is said to have contributed to the glory of the ancient Tamil Chola Kingdom.
		Nagapattinam was the Headquarters of a region during Chola period.
	www.tamilnadutourism.org /places/citiestowns/Nagapattinam.aspx?catid=C1&subcat1id=C1S1&subcat2id=C1S1S17&sm=C1S1S17 (420 words)

	tsunami relief - Global Uplift reconstruction of Akkaraipettai, Tamilnadu, India
		Nagapattinam, the worst affected district in mainland India with over 6,000 deaths, was a needy area even before the disaster.
		Within Nagapattinam district there were three villages inaccessible for days after the tsunami.
		Rama Devi, 25, washes utensils amid the rubble of what was her home in Nagapattinam, in the southern Indian state of Tamilnadu.
	www.computersmiths.com /tsunamirelief/progress.htm (739 words)

	COOPERATIVES NAGAPATTINAM DISTRICT
		Cooperative Sector in the Nagapattinam District has taken deep root especially in the rural banking, Public Distribution System, dairying, fisheries, handlooms, housing, etc., There are 266 Cooperative Societies of different types functioning under the control of Regional Joint Registrar of Cooperative Societies in the District.
		In the Nagapattinam District, the Nagapattinam District Cooperative Union is functioning.
		Dairy Development in the entire Nagapattinam District by means of Dairy Co-operatives is being administrated by the Deputy Registrar (Dairying) Tiruvarur.
	nagapattinam.nic.in /jrcs.html (1875 words)

	Nagapattinam - pilgrim spot
		Nagapattinam is a unique pilgrim centre where the confluence of the three major religions of India (Hinduism, Islam and Christianity) takes place.
		Nagapattinam provides us an opportunity to appreciate these great religions and it is a tradition for the tourists to visit all the three pilgrim spots.
		The first place of visit, as one reaches Nagapattinam, would be the Catholic Church of sacred Mother Mary at Velankanni.
	www.chennaionline.com /columns/DownMemoryLane/diary150.asp (787 words)

	Tsunami victims remembered at worst hit Nagapattinam
		To commemorate the people, who had lost their lives in the most tragic episode in the Indian history, a mass homage was held at the tsunami memorial park here today.
		Hundreds of people, including Nagapattinam District Collector Tenkasi S Jawahar, District officials and representatives from different NGOs, which had undertaken rehabilitation schemes, paid floral tributes at the memorial.
		Though the government and international funding agencies took different rehabilitaion measures, including construction of permanent houses for the victims, one can still find the sorrow, the 'Black Sunday' on 2004, had created in the faces of the survivors, who lost their dear ones.
	news.webindia123.com /news/articles/India/20061226/547814.html (121 words)

	Diarrhoea breaks out in Nagapattinam -India-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		NAGAPATTINAM: Mauled by the tsunami, coastal villages in and around Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday braced for another wave - that of diarrhoea which could further increase the toll among people left homeless and starving, often in pouring rain, for three straight days.
		Initial reports said so far 500 people had reported sick with symptoms of vomiting and were being treated in camp hospitals set up by the state administration and relief agencies.
		Ramani said the situation in Velankanni, Nagapattinam and other affected areas was further exacerbated by a huge shortage of medicines and disinfectants.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/975177.cms (260 words)

	Nagapattinam copes with tsunami aftermath
		Nagapattinam was the worst affected district in Tamil Nadu, with more than 6,000 people killed in the tsunami tragedy.
		On the ground floor of the collectorate, the first thing I notice on the left is a cradle, part of the chief minister's cradle baby scheme.
		I read from Canadian news papers and the India abroad paper that there were 4000 Tusnami orphans in Nagapattinam.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/feb/09spec4.htm (831 words)

	TCS - Tsunami Relief Efforts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At Akkarapettai, the worst affected village in Nagapattinam, the Tata Relief Committee proposes to reconstruct dwelling units.
		The team at Nagapattinam is in the process of initiating the development of modern villages, with authorization from district authorities.
		The districts of Nagapattinam, Cuddalore and Kanyakumari have been selected in consultation with the GOI authorities, as the focus areas in Tamil Nadu.
	www.tcs.com /Tsunami/Relief_Update.htm (1195 words)

	Tenkasi News
		NAGAPATTINAM: As many as 180 tsunami temporary shelters at Nambiyar Nagar here were destroyed in a fire that broke out in the early hours of Friday.
		NAGAPATTINAM: Additional school buildings were being constructed under the Sarva Siksha Abhyan at a total cost of Rs.10 crore in Nagapattinam district, said the Collector, Tenkasi S. Jawahar, at Vedaranyam on...
		Nagapattinam farmers appeal to Collector NAGAPATTINAM: Farmers in the Cauvery delta region of Nagapattinam district on Friday demanded the Collector to instruct the commercial banks for speedy disbursal of...
	www.topix.net /in/tenkasi (636 words)

	Indian Missionaries Get Rs.600 crores for Tsunami Conversions from UK - Christian Aggression (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tamil Nadu being the most affected, and since the government has been eager to incorporate NGOs, close to 70 percent of these funds would have made their way, making it a recipient of a minimum of Rs 4,000 crores which could be used up to the next three years.
		Of the Tamil Nadu share, the worst affected Nagapattinam district would be the recipient of at least Rs 3,000 crores.
		The economy here remains largely rural, Nagapattinam is caught in a time-warp." Now with the strong NGO contingent, the district is being artificially fast-forwarded into the future.
	www.christianaggression.org /item_display.php?type=NEWS&id=1133940286 (1021 words)

	Holyplaces-VAILANKANN
		Despite the morning freshness, fatigue overcame the little dutiful boy as he was passing by a water pond at the Anna pill street at Vailankanni.
		On a certain day, to his bewilderment, a very bright light appeared in front of him and from amidst the light, a Lady of peerless grace with a divine Child in her arms, asked the boy for a cup of butter-milk.
		In September 1771, Vailankanni which had been a substation of Nagapattinam Parish, was raised to the status of a Parish.
	www.indiatravelite.com /holyplaces/valankann.htm (783 words)

	Updated
		December 2004 at the TSUNAMI affected Nagapattinam District of Tamil Nadu.
		It has been ensured that all relief measures are being undertaken in the entire east coast areas and even in those places where there has been no human loss but livelihood has been largely affected.
		In Nagapattinam District alone there are Base Camps at Vedaranyam, Sirkali and Nagapattinam.
	www.sewausa.org /reports/Jan6.html (674 words)

	South Asia - Tsunami Relief in Nagapattinam, India
		More than 6,000 people died in the tsunami along a short 10 kilometer stretch of coast in India’s Nagapattinam district alone; most were women and children who couldn’t escape the onrushing walls of water.
		Control rooms monitored the distribution of relief materials, using a combination of phones, wireless, and ham radio facilities for tracking what was needed and where.
		In Nagapattinam, the worst-hit district, the administration coalesced into 11 teams comprising of medical and police officers, utility personnel, and fire and rescue officials, each led by a senior government official.
	web.worldbank.org /WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/0,,contentMDK:20751100~pagePK:146736~piPK:146830~theSitePK:223547,00.html (1184 words)

	Press Releases: South Asia: Earthquake and Tsunami - Dec 2004, UN coordination and community-based recovery program in ...
		Funds from IDRF were used to help establish a Resource Center in Nagapattinam to support communities in their plans for rehabilitation and to assist other stakeholders involved in rehabilitation activities.
		The centre has come up as a central key platform to support recovery in Nagapattinam district and is trusted by Government, NGOs and Donors.
		Nagapattinam Coordination and Resource Center (NCRC) has provided a mechanism to ensure effectiveness of the different rehabilitation measures proposed in terms of equity and sustainability through ensuring meaningful exchange of communication between planners and the affected communities, strengthening sectoral knowledge and expertise, and building a common vision and perspective among stakeholders.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6GVGTG?OpenDocument (502 words)

	Discussion Forum: Neglected region - Nagapattinam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A eastern coast link connecting Nagapattinam with Karaikal and Vedaranyam would be the most beneficial to both the Tamilnadu and Pondicherry.
		There is a plenty of unused railway property in Nagapattinam, that could be put in use in a far better way, too.
		With all this done the nagapattinam sector would anturally be a land mark in the Indian Railway Map.
	www.southernrailway.org /forum/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=16&TopicID=397&PagePosition=1 (1795 words)

	Government Museum Chennai
		Besides, the bhadrasana has four rings on each of its two sides which are intended to secure the image to a base while it is being carried in temple procession.
		It will thus be clear that this image was one of the utsava-vigrahas employed by the Buddhists at Nagapattinam for carrying in procession when Buddhism was popular or current at Nagapattinam.
		The huge size of the image and the holes suggest that the image was one that was used as an utsava-vigraha by the Buddhists at Nagapattinam.
	www.chennaimuseum.org /draft/gallery/01/05/051/budd1.htm (729 words)

	Amma, Please Come to Nagapattinam! @ Amritapuri.org
		Some 15 villagers from the Nagapattinam District of Tamil Nadu came to Amritapuri.
		The fishermen asked Amma to help them overcome their fear of water and begged her to come to Nagapattinam.
		Amma has donated five boat engines to Nagapattinam villagers who have lost theirs to the tsunami flood.
	www.amritapuri.org /tsunami/sunami20.php?bp=1 (122 words)

	Nagapattinam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Returning late in February 2005 to Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, one of the coastal regions of India most severely damaged by the tsunami, Lieut-Colonel Roland Sewell (International Headquarters) was greeted by some of the people he had met there early in January.
		As they looked at photographs of themselves taken soon after they had lost everything smiles of recognition lit up their faces, and occasional laughter broke out as they saw how much progress they had made since that time.
		Most of the people the Army is helping belong to scheduled castes in the predominantly Hindu region of Nagapattinam, where the traditional social system retains great influence.
	www.salvationarmyusa.org /ihq/www_sa.nsf/vw-sublinks/1DB8396A694D4E28802570220046EE9E?openDocument (429 words)

	seven acres of land for Nagapattinam tsunami relief work @ Amritapuri.org
		Construction of houses for the tsunami victims is progressing at a brisk pace in Samanthampettai, Nagapattinam District.
		The government of Tamil Nadu initially allotted seven acres of land for the Ashram to build houses upon.
		Incidentally, the Ashram is the only organisation to start tsunami-relief housing construction in Nagapattinam.
	www.amritapuri.org /tsunami/sunami44.php (240 words)

	Zee News - Tsunami: Schools to reopen tomorrow in Nagapattinam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nagapattinam, Jan 09: Two weeks after the Tsunami changed the course of their lives, hundreds of students return to schools in Nagapattinam tomorrow.
		But, for the 200-odd students at the Government High School, Arcottuthurai, about 40 kms from Nagapattinam, getting back to the school will take a much longer time.
		Two more school were affected badly in the Tsunami, the Government High School at Akkaraipettai near Nagapattinam and the Government Higher Secondary School at Chandrapadi, another fishing hamlet.
	www.zeenews.com /znnew/articles.asp?aid=195399&sid=REG (218 words)

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		Our team covered most of the coastal villages between Chidambaram and Nagapattinam and we stopped short of 40 km from Nagapattinam on the 21st.
		Today (23rd), the team has proceeded to Nagapattinam and will be covering villages along the coast around this city and also between Nagapattinam and Velankani.
		The city of Chidambaram is situated at the southern most tip of the Cuddalore district where it adjoins the Nagapattinam district.
	www.ifaw.org /ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=126971 (1962 words)

	Army’s Bangalore-based MEG sends 210 soldiers to Nagapattinam - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		These troops were self-sufficient in logistics and rushed by road to Nagapattinam, which is about 500 kms from Bangalore, said Brigadier J J Manavalan.
		Two spans of the 80 feet Bailey bridge were damaged and had to be repaired to restore vehicular movement, which pumped in the logistics.
		He noted that many ships and fishing boats were “grounded on houses in Nagapattinam and buried people”.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/dec312004/n18.asp (549 words)

	Hunger Project Tsunami Update
		The team held discussions with the presidents of three gram panchayat presidents in North Nagapattinam and visited four hamlets in South Nagapattinam.
		The team also had discussions with the district administration and were assured of all possible support in any intervention that would be proposed.
		Discussions were also held in the Nagapattinam collectorate where an NGO Coordination Cell has been set up.
	www.thp.org /india/tn/105/concept114.htm (695 words)

	Nagapattinam looks forward to auspicious month-India-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The adage holds out solace for the district administration at Nagapattinam which is hoping that the onset of the month on January 14 reverses the cycle of death and destruction which began on December 26.
		With that money, some of them are able to put up thatched huts.
		This is a positive sign," says Nagapattinam collector M Veerashanmughamoni.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/980738.cms (276 words)

	Tsunami Help India: Dr.Shilpa Govardhan Reports From Nagapattinam
		Dr.Shilpa, my friend, is volunteering in Nagapattinam and she has this to say about the situation:
		OK, this may not be necessary, but I will mention anyway that the death and devastation that is on an awesome scale.
		We need long assistance to develop the fishing industry and also should develop Educational Institutions in Nagapattinam for this poor educated community for their bright future.
	tsunamihelpindia.blogspot.com /2005/01/drshilpa-govardhan-reports-from.html (1034 words)

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