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 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.
In 1992 two more persons were killed at Paramakkudi in Ramanathapuram district 2.
Whatever be the history of the Parayars, in Ramanathapuram district most of them are, in the present days, merely landless labourers.
www.tamilnation.org /caste/ramaiah.htm   (8279 words)

  
 Brief History
It is bound on the north by Madurai, on the north-east by Sivaganga, on the east by Ramanathapuram and on the south by Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts.
In 1985, the erstwhile Ramanathapuram District was trifurcated to create the districts of Ramanathapuram, Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar Tirumagan (later renamed Sivaganga) and Kamarajar District (later renamed Virudhunagar District).
Virudhunagar District is landlocked on all sides with no direct access to the sea.
virudhunagar.nic.in /brief_history.htm   (2729 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.
Madurai: Inspector-General of Police (Southern Zone) D. Manoharan told UNI over telephone from Ramanathapuram that no untoward incident was reported from any part of the district during the past 12 hours.
While six persons were killed in police firing on mobs on October 3 and 4, three others died in the violence, triggered after a dispute over a function related to "ayuthapooja’’ on Saturday, the police said.
www.tribuneindia.com /1998/98oct06/head4.htm   (1171 words)

  
 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Ramanathapuram News : Vaigai water reaches Manamadurai
RAMANATHAPURAM: : The Vaigai water released for drinking purpose reached Manamadurai in Sivaganga district on Saturday and is expected to reach Parthibanur regulator, doorway of Ramanathapuram district.
The State Government issued an order to release 1000 mcft (one tmc) of water for the drinking purpose of Madurai, Sivaganga and Ramanathapuram districts and subsequently, water was released from the Vaigai dam on September 21.
However, doubts have been raised in certain quarters that the released water will not reach the Ramanathapuram big tank, as the entire stretch between Paramakudi and Ramanathapuram has been dried out completely because of the deficient rainfall for the last few months.
www.hindu.com /2005/09/25/stories/2005092502660300.htm   (436 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.
But, they [the organisers] cheated the people of Ramanathapuram by selecting Madurai, which is no way connected with project," she said.
She said she would attend the function not as an MP but as a citizen of Ramanathapuram.
www.hindu.com /2005/07/02/stories/2005070206420400.htm   (225 words)

  
 Ramanathapuram --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Ramanathapuram district occupies part of the flat southern coastal plain, including the island of Rameswaram.
town, Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India.
A former capital of the Maravan rajas, it produces textiles and jewelry and has two colleges affiliated with Madurai-Kamaraj University.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9062573   (59 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
Twentyfive inmates of a mental asylum at Ervadi village in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu were charred to death in a major fire early today, police headquarters here said.
A policeman walks past charred bodies at a mental asylum in Ervadi village of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu, on Monday.
Reports from Ramanathapuram said the inmates whose bodies were charred beyond recognition, were chained in the thatched huts where they were housed when the fire broke out.
www.tribuneindia.com /2001/20010807/main2.htm   (460 words)

  
 Netguruindia News
Ramanathapuram, which has a beautiful, long, coastline and also temples famed for their architecture has a vast scope for developing tourism industry in the district.
August 13: Plans to scientifically exploit the potential of Ramanathapuram District in Tamil Nadu is being drawn up by the Government the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, said.
With the construction of an aerodrome, pilgrims would be able to visit the holy Rameswaram Island from far-flung areas.
www.netguruindia.com /news/Aug01/14/CHE4.html   (171 words)

  
 TamilNet: 22.06.01 Sixteen Indian fishermen remanded in Mannar
All the fishermen are from the district of Ramanathapuram on the southern tip of Tamil Nadu.
The fishermen who were remanded Friday told Tamilnet that they had heard that eight fishermen from their district were reported missing in sea earlier in the week.
The sixteen Indian fishermen are being held in the Mannar remand prison.
www.tamilnet.com /art.html?catid=13&artid=6092   (258 words)

  
 The Hindu Business Line : Paddy field under rain water in Ramanathapuram dist
MADURAI: Over 50,000 acres of paddy fields in the Ramanathapuram district have been submerged in water, following heavy downpour.
The district received a maximum of 177.5 mm rain on Tuesday.
Paddy field under rain water in Ramanathapuram dist
www.thehindubusinessline.com /2004/10/28/stories/2004102801121900.htm   (162 words)

  
 Tamilnadu Ramanathapuram, Ramanathapuram, Travel Tamilnadu, Southindia Travel, Tamil Tourism, Traveling to Southindia, Tamilnadu Tourism
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 and Sivaganga continued to be Zamins till the system of Zamindari was abolished in 1948 AD after India attained Independence.
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.
www.indiantravelportal.com /tamil-nadu/ramanthapuram   (1069 words)

  
 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Ramanathapuram News : Diarrhoea in Ramnad dt.
The centres which recorded rainfall in Ramanathapuram district in the last 24 hours were (in mm): Ramanathapuram 8.6, Mandapam 17, Rameswaram 3.3, Thankatchimadam 4.2, Thiruvadanai 4.2, Thondi 57, Vattanam 30, Theerthandathanam 36, RS.
The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Ramanathapuram News : Diarrhoea in Ramnad dt.
Lakshmi (40) of Pampan and Maheswari (40) of Ramanathapuram have been admitted to the Government Hospital with complaints of diarrhoea and more 100 people, mostly from the Pampan area, had been given treatment for severe fever.
www.hindu.com /2004/05/06/stories/2004050602040300.htm   (287 words)

  
 Valinokkam Port in Ramanathapuram India
Valinokkam Port is 50 km from Ramanathapuram in Mudhukulathur Taluk of Ramanathapuram District.
It lies in latitude 9 degree 5' N and longitude 78 degree 38' E, on the south of Ramanathapuram town.
The port is a customs port for the purpose of unloading of ships for breaking and crew baggage of such ships.
www.india9.com /i9show/51169.htm   (87 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT: CRPF, RAF deployment brings back peace in TN district
AIADMK chief J Jayalalitha, meanwhile, demanded the deployment of the army in southern districts of Tamil Nadu in the wake of police firings to quell caste clashes in Ramanathapuram district.
Condemning the police firings, Jayalalitha, in a statement, alleged that the police department under the Karunanidhi government stood "perplexed, bewildered and was inert" in the district.
The government, which failed to avert a big tragedy (serial bomb blasts) in Coimbatore in the past, was not displaying a sense of responsibility to check the deteriorating law and order situation, which was once again going out of control in the southern districts, she alleged.
www.rediff.com /news/1998/oct/05tn2.htm   (922 words)

  
 15220360.htm
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.
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.
The Koottamaippu conference was convened as a confrontationist response to a State-level conference organised three weeks earlier at Ramanathapuram by Puthiya Tamilagam, a political organisation led by Dr. K.
www.flonnet.com /fl1522/15220360.htm   (1361 words)

  
 Ramanathapuram District Map - Tamilnadu India - Maps of India
Ramanathapuram District Map - Tamilnadu India - Maps of India
www.mapsofindia.com /maps/tamilnadu/districts/dist21.htm   (10 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT: Violence returns to TN district
A village headman was hacked to death today, shattering the fragile peace which was holding for the last 36 hours in the riot-torn Ramanathapuram district, raising the toll in the caste violence and police firings since Saturday to nine.
After the communal violence broke out, Ramanathapuram district remained cut off from other parts of the state during the last eight days and people could not step out of their houses, leave alone walk in the streets, she alleged.
Jayalalitha also took exception to allowing the Ramanathapuram district collector and superintendent of police to proceed on leave when the district was facing such a crisis.
www.rediff.com /news/1998/oct/06tn1.htm   (412 words)

  
 Taphophilia (dot) Com - Buried history on way to oblivion
RAMANATHAPURAM: Fragments of a glorious past lie buried in the soil and sands of Ramanathapuram district.
It was the custom those days for the pilgrims to visit the kings of Ramanathapuram at the end of their trip to the Rameswaram island.
For the thousands of pilgrims who descended here on foot from all parts of the country for the Sethu Yathra, Ramanathapuram was a favourite stopover.
www.taphophilia.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=950   (683 words)

  
 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Ramanathapuram News : Good flow into tanks in Ramanathapuram dt.
Ramanathapuram : Many parts of Ramanathapuram district received heavy rainfall for the third consecutive day on Thursday.
on Thursday: Ramanathapuram — 112.6, Rameswaram — 10.2, Pallamorkulam — 12, Mandapam — 23.5, Thankatchimadam — 10.4, Pamban — 11.5, R.S. Mangalam — 41, Muthukulathur — 54, Paramakudi — 84, Kamudhi — 94, Kadalur — 40 and Valinokkam — 73.2.
The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Ramanathapuram News : Good flow into tanks in Ramanathapuram dt.
www.hindu.com /2005/10/28/stories/2005102801740300.htm   (265 words)

  
 Tsunami News for Tirunelveli, India
Other districts which had fatalities were Tiruvallur, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Tirunelveli and Tuticorin.
The other affected districts were Tiruvarur, Pudukottai, Ramanathapuram, Tirunelveli and Tuticorin...
TIRUNELVELI: The Dalit fishermen families affected by the tsunami in Thoothukudi district have complained that they have been put to untold hardship due to...
danger.mongabay.com /earthquake/2004/Tirunelveli.html   (747 words)

  
 Welcome to TIDCO
from Ramanathapuram in Mudhukulathur Taluk in Ramanathapuram District.
Railway : The nearest railway station on the metregauge is Ramanathapuram which is 50 kms from Valinokkam.
38' E on the South of Ramanathapuram Town.
www.tidco.com /tn_policies/tn_infra_structure/valinokkam.asp   (457 words)

  
 Support Divya desams
Thirupullani, otherwise known as Dharbasayanam, or Pullaranya Shetram in Ramanathapuram District is one of the most sacred Vaishnavate temple to the Hindus lies about 8 k.m away from Ramanathapuram.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Troy/7673/divyas.html   (1364 words)

  
 Tamil Nadu Wild Life > Gulf of Manner Marine National Park - Ramanathapuram
This is a Marine Biosphere, and it runs along with coasts of Ramanathapuram and Thuthukudi (Tuticorin) Districts.
The Wildlife Warden, Gulf of Mannar, Marine National Park, 76/1, Madurai Salai, Mandapam, Ramanathapuram District 623 501.
Tamil Nadu Wild Life > Gulf of Manner Marine National Park - Ramanathapuram
www.tamilnadutourism.org /wildlife/Parks/GMMNPRamanathaPuram.aspx?catid=C5&subcat1id=C5S2&subcat2id=C5S2S6&sm=C5S2S6   (149 words)

  
 Deliverance in Erwadi
But, according to S. Vijayakumar, District Collector of Ramanathapuram, although a psychiatrist was posted at the PHC and the inmates were given slips that would facilitate treatment at the Government Hospital in Ramanathapuram, none from the Erwadi homes visited the hospital.
It is believed that Vijaya Regunatha Sethupathy, the Raja of Ramanathapuram, got an heir to his throne after he offered prayers and drank the water at the dargah, which is considered to be holy, for 41 days.
In July 1998, I.Nazneen, Principal of the Women's Arts College at Ramanathapuram, brought to the government's notice the inhuman treatment of the mentally ill at the Sultan Alayudeen Dargah at Goripalayam in Madurai and asked the authorities to look into the affairs of all faith-healing centres, including Erwadi.
www.flonnet.com /fl1817/18171280.htm   (2972 words)

  
 Where DMK banks on the Dalit vote
A DMK strongman contesting from Kadaladi in Ramanathapuram district, Mr.
The DMK, quite unsure of support from Thevar voters, is pinning its hopes solely on the Pallar population which numerically matches the Thevars in at least 30 t0 40 southern constituencies, particularly in the four districts of Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Virudhunagar.
There is a palpable desperation among the DMK candidates in the southern districts to net the Dalit votes.
www.ambedkar.org /News/WhereDMK.htm   (566 words)

  
 Tsunami Hits Ramanathapuram Tamilnadu India
Tremors and Tidal Wave - Tsunami Hits Ramanathapuram District
Sundarapandiyanpattanam, Vattanam, Tondi, Tiruvettiyur, Rajasinghamangalam, Uppoor, Tiruppalakkudi, Devipattinam, Chittarkottai, Ramanathapuram, Panaikkulam, Mandapam Pamban, Rameshwaram, Pamban Island, Kurusadal Island, Tirttakkarai, Kilakkarai, Musul Tivu, Talairi Tivu, Appa Tivu, Valinokkam, Shuli Tivu, Nalla Tanni Tivu, Dhanushkodi, Tiruvadanal, Tiruvegampattu, Anandur, Nayinar, Kovil, Partibanur, Paramakkudi, Ponvasal, abiramam, Kamudi, Kanchirankulam, Mudululattur, Uttarakosamangal, Perunali, Kadaladi, Sikkal, Sayakudi, Kilakkarai, Tirttakkarai
An Emergency Control Room has been set up in New Delhi.
www.mapsofindia.com /maps/tsunami-in-india/earthquake/ramanathapuram.html   (261 words)

  
 JAIN COMMISSION REPORT VOL VI CHAPTER II Para 22
On receipt of information the entire Ramanathapuram district strength was mobilised and all the checkposts were reinforced.
The Superintendent of Police Ramanathapuram with Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ramanathapuram and party immediately proceeded towards Mandapam.
This was also brought to the notice of the Chief Minister and subsequently the police were made alert under the DIG, Ramanathapuram.
www.india-today.com /jain/vol6/chap22.html   (1973 words)

  
 Welcome to the Homepage of Shaikh Sadaqathullah (VU2 SDU) from India
For centuries, the ports of Kilakarai and Kayalpattinam, in Ramanathapuram & Tuticorin districts respectively, traded with Ceylon.
This college for Women is situated at Kilakarai, Ramanathapuram District.
A loner, however, he was not welcomed by the trade and Abdur Rahman, to make ends meet, was forced to work as a messenger in a chummery, serving other Ramanathapuram coast traders who lived there.
www.qsl.net /vu2sdu/bsarahman.html   (1470 words)

  
 TNAU Intranet
Suitable for rainfed tracts of Ramanathapuram and Sivagangai District.
· Identification of suitable annual crops and tree species for waste lands of Ramanathapuram and Sivagangai districts.
Best suited for semi-dry Condition in Ramanathapuram and Sivagangai districts
www.tnau.ac.in /pmk   (577 words)

  
 A decision support system for local administration in GIS environment - A study at Paramakudi Taluk of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu
In this context, a Decision Support System (DSS) was attempted in Paramakudi taluk of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu.
Simultaneously, Attribute data were collected from various government departments at Ramanathapuram.
The aim of the study is to provide a Decision Support System in GIS environment to facilitate decision-making process qualitatively effective.
www.gisdevelopment.net /application/lis/rural/lisr0006pf.htm   (1274 words)

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