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  Tamilnadu Ramanathapuram, Ramanathapuram, Travel Tamilnadu, Southindia Travel, Tamil Tourism, Traveling to Southindia, ...
Ramanathapuram district has an area of 4,232-sq-km and occupies part of the flat southern coastal plains, including the island of Rameswaram.
Ramanathapuram having been known from early times and mentioned in Ramayana and later in Tamil Puranas naturally has a good number of places of worship associated with Hindu gods.
Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga continued to be Zamins till the system of Zamindari was abolished in 1948 AD after India attained Independence.
www.indiantravelportal.com /tamil-nadu/ramanthapuram   (1030 words)

  
  Ramanathapuram District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ramanathapuram District is an administrative district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India.
The city of Ramanathapuram is the district headquarters.
Ramanathapuram • Salem • Sivaganga • Thanjavur • The Nilgiris • Theni • Thoothukudi • Tiruchirapalli • Tirunelveli • Tiruvallur • Tiruvannamalai • Tiruvarur • Vellore • Viluppuram • Virudhunagar
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ramanathapuram_District   (564 words)

  
 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Ramanathapuram News : Important highway linking Rameswaram in tatters
RAMANATHAPURAM: The poor condition of the National Highway 210 between Ramanathapuram and Tiruchi poses a challenge to vehicle users.
The stretch between Ramanathapuram and Devipattinam, which has been included in the East Coast Road, is expected to take several months for completion.
The bad shape of the remaining parts of this highway is posing a stiff challenge, as drivers find it difficult to negotiate the pits and craters.
www.thehindu.com /2007/01/20/stories/2007012017180300.htm   (367 words)

  
 News Headings
RAMANATHAPURAM, Oct 5 (PTI, UNI) — Death toll in the violence and police firing in Ramanathapuram district has gone up to nine, with three more succumbing to injuries today, even as the police claimed that the situation was returning to normal with no untoward incident being reported.
Dr Swamy said Mr Karunanidhi had "completely abdicated his constitutional responsibility" and alleged the Chief Minister was ‘pursuing a scorched-earth policy’ of destroying the administrative fabric of the state so that successive governments may not be able to rule.
The Tamil Nadu BJP alleged that "outsiders" had been brought the Ramanathapuram district to foment clashes between Dalits and other Hindu castes who had been living in harmony for a long time.
www.tribuneindia.com /1998/98oct06/head4.htm   (1171 words)

  
 Travel: In the footsteps of Ram, Mar 16, 2003, The Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
It is a Vaishnavite temple; its antiquity is authenticated in the songs of the Alwars, poet-saints of Tamil Nadu who lived between the 7th and 9th centuries.
On a remote beach near Ramanathapuram, an ancient and meditative Hanuman stands in a dilapidated shrine gazing at the placid bay.
Ramanathapuram lies on the highway leading to Rame-swaram from Madurai.
www.the-week.com /23mar16/life12.htm   (1240 words)

  
 Hydrogeology
The important hard rock aquifers noticed in the State are the weathered gneiss of Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Salem and Ramanathapuram district, weathered and jointed Charnockite and Khondalite of Madurai, Theni, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Coimbatore and Kanniyakumari district, weathered and jointed ultramafic rocks of Nilgiri district and the cavernous limestone of Tirunelveli district.
The yields of borewells vary from 13 to 363m3/day in Madurai and Theni districts and from 50 to 575m3/day in Ramanathapuram district.
The Quaternary sediments in the State are represented by the laterite and older alluvium of Pleistocene age and the Recent alluvium, 'Teris' and coastal sands.
cgwb.gov.in /SECR/hydrogeology.htm   (887 words)

  
 Untouchability and Inter Caste Relations in Rural India: The Case of Southern Tamil Villages - A. Ramaiah
Ramanathapuram district - one of the southern districts of Tamil Nadu - is one of such kind.
Castes found in Tamil Nadu in general and Ramanathapuram district in particular may broadly be grouped into three categories: Brahmins, non-Brahmins and the Scheduled Castes.
Evidence discerned from the thirteenth century Tamil inscriptions indicate that the Parayas or Parayars were closer to the bottom in the caste hierarchy and were engaged in diverse fields of activities.
www.tamilnation.org /caste/ramaiah.htm   (8298 words)

  
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Violence in Ramanathapuram district in southern Tamil Nadu on October 4, sparked by a confrontationist, caste-based mobilisation with a communal orientation, claims 11 lives.
Even as a small police force controlled the violence at the entrance of Ramanathapuram town, Thevar mobs went on the rampage in the town, breaking open shops, looting valuables and making a bonfire of articles that could not be carried away.
Several factors set apart the October 4 incidents in Ramanathapuram from earlier instances of caste-related violence in other centres in the southern districts of the State.
www.flonnet.com /fl1522/15220360.htm   (1361 words)

  
 UN threatens to halt its activities in Sri Lanka
Ramanathapuram, 700 kilometres from Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu state, is the district nearest to Sri Lanka, ravaged by ethnic conflict since the early 1980s.
All the refugees are housed in 117 camps in Ramanathapuram and other coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, Chandrahasan said.
Once they reach India, refugees are rigorously screened to establish they are genuinely Tamil civilians fleeing the conflict and not in fact rebels, a police official in Ramanathapuram said.
www.thenews.com.pk /print1.asp?id=22266   (988 words)

  
 List of Denotified Communities
Chakkala (Sivaganga, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam,Tiruvarur, Pudukottai Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul and the Nilgiris Districts)
Kal Oddars (Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul,Pudukottai, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam,Tiruvarur, Tiruchirapalli, Karur,Perambalur, Tirunelveli, Toothukudi, Salem and Namakkal Districts)
Koravars (Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Virudhunagar, Pudukottai,Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Thiravarur, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Tirunelveli, Thoothukadi, Chennai,Madurai, Theni, Dindigul and The Nilgiris Districts)
www.tn.gov.in /department/denotifiedlist.htm   (429 words)

  
 Coastal Regulation Zone Information System
The sandy coastal area of Mudukulathur, Ramanathapuram and Rameswaram, in this area the coast is fringed by sand dunes with swamps at the back.
The different Coastal Regulation Zone class of Ramanathapuram District coast and their area extent are represented in the Table.9.
The coast of Ramanathapuram comprises of three taluks viz namely Tiruvadamari, Ramanathapuram and Mudukalathur and five panchayat unions- Thiruvadamari, Rajasingamangalam, Ramanathapuram, Mandapam and Kadaladi.
www.annauniv.edu /ceg/iom/iomour/Ramananthapuram.htm   (632 words)

  
 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Ramanathapuram News : "Insult to people of Ramanathapuram"
RAMANATHAPURAM: The Ramanathapuram MP, Bhavani Rajendran, on Friday said the people of Ramanathapuram district had been insulted as the district MP had not been invited to the inaugural function of the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project.
She said she would attend the function not as an MP but as a citizen of Ramanathapuram.
But, they [the organisers] cheated the people of Ramanathapuram by selecting Madurai, which is no way connected with project," she said.
www.hindu.com /2005/07/02/stories/2005070206420400.htm   (225 words)

  
 ramanathapuram - Ask.com Web Search
Ramanathapuram, also known as Ramnad, is a town in Tamil Nadu state of southern India.
The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Ramanathapuram News : Parties on the prowl...
Ramanathapuram: Despite some odd conditions, farming operations in the district have gained momentum anticipating good showers in the near future.
search.ask.com /web?q=ramanathapuram   (236 words)

  
 Tamilnadunri.com
from Ramanathapuram in Mudhukulathur Taluk in Ramanathapuram District.
The nearest railway station on the metregauge is Ramanathapuram which is 50 kms from Valinokkam.
The facility of traffic roads in the port complex with an approach road from main road is available.
www.tamilnadunri.com /tn/infrastructure/valinokkam.htm   (403 words)

  
 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Ramanathapuram News : Dengue reported in Ramanathapuram
RAMANATHAPURAM: An outbreak of dengue fever has been reported in some parts of the district, including Ramanathapuram town.
Most of the cases were reported from Periyar Nagar and adjoining areas of Madurai Road in Ramanathapuram.
Ramasamy, Municipal Commissioner, Ramanathapuram, said that several persons were admitted to various hospitals with high fever.
www.hindu.com /2006/10/07/stories/2006100714820300.htm   (257 words)

  
 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Ramanathapuram News : "Indications of huge gas reserves in Ramanathapuram"
RAMANATHAPURAM: The Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) has found potential zones of natural gas reserves in the district.
This came to light in the ongoing comprehensive oil and gas exploration survey conducted by a team of the Keshava Deva Malaviya Institute of Petroleum Exploration, based at Dehra Dun, country's premier centre for basic and applied exploration.
Frequent accidents are a cause for worry in Ramanathapuram district
www.hindu.com /2006/09/05/stories/2006090507230500.htm   (336 words)

  
 Mudukulathur : Rural Water Harvesting
When modern water supply methods failed to deliver water to villages in Ramanathapuram district, water from renovated ooranis came to their rescue.
Vivekananda Kendra, a NGO working in Ramanathapuram district, convinced villagers in Mudulkulattur block to participate in reviving ooranis and harvest rainwater using rooftops.
The pond was full by September 1997 and inflow into the tubewells could be perceived by the lowering of the water level in the pond.
www.rainwaterharvesting.org /\Rural/Mudukulathur.htm   (276 words)

  
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 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Ramanathapuram News : Ramanathapuram MLA's assurance on drainage scheme
Ramanathapuram : K. Hussan Ali, Member of Legislative Assembly of Ramanathapuram constituency, (Congress) has once again reiterated that he will certainly implement an underground drainage system for Ramanathapuram and Rameswaram municipalities and solve the drinking water problem faced by the people of the constituency.
Addressing party workers and well-wishers, who thronged the MLA office here on Monday on the occasion of taking charge as MLA, he said Ramanathapuram would be transformed into a model town in Tamil Nadu.
He said improving the standard of Government Hospitals in Ramanathapuram and other areas would be a priority.
www.hindu.com /2006/05/23/stories/2006052308580300.htm   (207 words)

  
 Netguruindia News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
August 7: The devastating conflagration, which killed 26 asylum inmates who were illegally chained to their beds, has stirred repercussions at the Ramanathapuram district administration level.
Anwar Raja, state labour minister and Ramanathapuram MLA who presided over the meeting told media persons that in a unanimous decision it was recommended that action be taken against those who admitted the mentally ill persons to these institutions.
The local administration also requested the state government to immediately post a psychiatrist at the Ramanathapuram hospital and open a burn's ward for treating the fire victims.
www.netguruindia.com /news/Aug01/08/NAT7.html   (217 words)

  
 HBP State Camp Visit Report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The initial concept of the health component was done in Ramanathapuram 5 years ago.
For example, in Ramanathapuram, the program was done in remote areas which was an issue in terms of access to the villages for the block coordinators and the infrastructure availability in such areas.
Ramanathapuram is the district where the program was initially implemented.
www.aidindia.org /aipsn/rptstcmp.htm   (4793 words)

  
 ramanathapuram - Ask.com Web Search
Ramanathapuram, also known as Ramnad, is a town in Tamil Nadu state of southern India.
Ramanathapuram pronunciation (help·info), also known as Ramnad, is a city and a municipality in Ramanathapuram district in the Indian state...
The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Ramanathapuram News : Adoption centre for...
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 DNA - India - Refugee wave from Lanka floods Tamil Nadu coast - Daily News & Analysis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
RAMANATHAPURAM: As the ethnic strife in Sri Lanka threatens to intensify into another war, Tamil Nadu is feeling the heat.
Since violence resumed between the Sri Lankan forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in January, 2,067 refugees from the island nation have crossed the Palk Straits and rushed to the Ramanathapuram coast in Tamil Nadu.
Of the more than 500 refugees taken into the Mandapam camp in Ramanathapuram in the last ten days, 234 arrived on a single day — May 23— a day after a senior LTTE commander was killed by a sniper near Vavunatheevu.
www.dnaindia.com /report.asp?NewsID=1032651   (573 words)

  
 Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees in India
A Sri Lankan refugee woman and her child arrive at Arichal Munai at Ramanathapuram district, about 638 km from Chennai on August 21, 2006.
Everyday, boatloads of Sri Lankans arrive on the shores of southern India, leaving their fields and fishing boats behind and even selling their jewellery to pay for the passage.
A Sri Lankan child sits with his belongings at Arichal Munai in Ramanathapuram district.
sangam.org /taraki/articles/2006/09-07_Refugees_India.php?uid=1927   (241 words)

  
 Ramanathapuram News
Sculpture partly buried in a mound in Ramanathapuram village
In spite of the high level of preparedness, the Public Health System in Ramanathapuram district struggled hard for some time to contain the spread of...
Minister Hakeem said that Ramanujam was born in Prathapa Ramanathapuram South India on July 17, 1907.
www.dailyindia.com /newsc/india/ramanathapuram.php   (125 words)

  
 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Ramanathapuram News : The last of the once popular horse carts of Ramanathapuram
RAMANATHAPURAM: The days are not far for the extinction of `tongas or jutkhas' (horse carts), a popular mode of transportation of yesteryears.
Being the headquarters of Sethupathy kingdom of the erstwhile Ramanathapuram Samasthanam, a large one as well, it used to be common sight to see a large number of horse-carts in these parts those days.
We used to conduct horse races to prove our supremacy over one other," said A. Samsudeen, (65) of Bharathi Nagar in Ramanathapuram, who is having a horse cart since 1955.
www.hindu.com /2006/12/27/stories/2006122716770200.htm   (310 words)

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