Sripuram Golden Mahalaxmi Temple

Golden Temple - when uttered this word, immediately people thinks of Amritsar and the Highest Body of the Sikh's pride Golden Temple.

Thirmalai naiker mahal-MADURAI

The palace is situated 2kms south east of Meenakshi Temple. The palace was built in 1636 by Thirumalai Nayakar.

The Meenakshi temple complex

Madurai or "the city of nectar" is the oldest and second largest city of Tamil Nadu..

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You get the feel of the river running nearby when you enter the sanctuary enclosing Hogenakal waterfall. Suddenly.

Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabhudin Adbul Kalam

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Friday, June 29, 2012

Vanchinathan

Vanchinathan (1886 – June 17, 1911), popularly known as Vanchi, was an Indian Tamil independence activist. He is best remembered for having shot dead Ashe, the Collector of Thirunelveli and having later committed suicide in order to evade arrest.
Personal life

Vanchinathan was born in 1886 in Shenkottai to Raghupathy Iyer and Rukmani Ammal. His actual name was Shankaran. He did his schooling in Shenkottai and graduated in M.A. from Moolam Thirunal Maharaja College in Thiruvananthapuram. Even while in college, he married Ponnammal and got into a lucrative Government job.
Freedom Movement

On June 17, 1911, Vanchi assassinated Ashe, the district collector of Tirunelveli, who was also known as Collector Dorai. He shot Ashe at point-blank range when Ashe's train had stopped at the Maniyachi station, en route to Madras. He committed suicide thereafter. The railway station has since been renamed Vanchi Maniyachi.

On that day, Ashe boarded the 9-30 a.m. Maniyachi Mail at Tirunelveli junction. With him was his wife, Mary Lillian Patterson, who had arrived from Ireland only a few days earlier. They had married on April 6, 1898, in Berhampore; Mary was about a year older than Ashe. They were on their way to Kodaikanal where their four children, Molly, Arthur, Sheila, and Herbert, lived in a rented bungalow. At 10-38 the train pulled in at Maniyachi. The Ceylon Boat Mail was due to arrive at 10-48. As the Ashes sat facing each other in the first class carriage, waiting for the Boat Mail to arrive, a neatly dressed man with tufted hair and another young man wearing a dhoti approached the carriage. The former boarded the carriage and pulled out a Belgian-made Browning automatic pistol. The bullet hit Ashe in the chest and he collapsed. The sound of the pistol shot was absorbed by the howling wind.

After the shooting the assassin ran along the platform and hid in the latrine. Some time later he was found dead, having shot himself in the mouth. In his pocket was found following letter:

"The mlechas of England having captured our country, tread over the sanathana dharma of the Hindus and destroy them. Every Indian is trying to drive out the English and get swarajyam and restore sanathana dharma. Our Raman, Sivaji, Krishnan, Guru Govindan, Arjuna ruled our land protecting all dharmas and in this land they are making arrangements to crown George V, a mlecha, and one who eats the flesh of cows. Three thousand Madrasees have taken a vow to kill George V as soon as he lands in our country. In order to make others know our intention, I who am the least in the company, have done this deed this day. This is what everyone in Hindustan should consider it as his duty.

The contents of the letter indicated that the murder was political and caused great apprehension. The timing of the assassination indicated a protest against the impending coronation.

Vanchi was a close collaborator of Varahaneri Venkatesa Subrahmanya Iyer (normally shortened to V.V.S.Aiyar or Va.Ve.Su Iyer), another freedom fighter who sought arms to defeat the British. He trained Vanchinathan to execute the plan in all perfection.They belonged to Bharatha matha Association.

The Tamil Nadu Government has decided to build a memorial in Shenkottai the birthplace of this martyr.

Tamil Nadu STD Codes

City Code   City Code
A. CHETTIPALLI04344 A.LADDIVADI04282
A.NALROAD04553 A.VELLALAPATTI0452
ABIRAMAM04576 ACHARAPAKKAM04115
ADALAIYUR04366 ADIRAMPATTINAM04373
ADNUR04146 ADUTHURAI0435
AGARAMCHERI04174 AKKUR04364
ALADI04143 ALAGANANDAL04175
ALAGANGULAM04567 ALAGUMANGANAGARAI04575
ALAMANAICKERPATTI04636 ALAMBADI MINES04551
ALAMPOONDI04145 ALANDURAI0422
ALANGANALLUR04543 ALANGAYAM04174
ALANGIAM04258 ALANGUDIKARAIKUDI04565
ALANGUDITHANJAVUR0435 ALANGUDITRICHY04322
ALANGULAMVIRUDHUNAGAR04562 ALANKULAMTIRUNELVELI04634
ALAPATTI04343 ALATHUR04296
ALATHURTHANJAVUR04323 ALIYARNAGAR04253
ALOOR04651 ALWARKURICHI04634
ALWARTHIRUNAGARI04639 AMAIPAKKAM04114
AMARAVATHINAGAR04252 AMATHUR04562
AMBAGARATHUR04368 AMBALUR04174
AMBARAMPALAYAM04259 AMBASAMUDRAM04634
AMBILIGAI04553 AMBUR04174
AMBURPATTY04339 AMMAIAPPAN04366
AMMAPALAYAM04328 AMMAPATTINAM04371
AMMAPET04374 AMMAPETTAI04256
AMMAYANAYAKKANUR04543 AMMAYARKUPPAM04118
AMMERI04142 AMMUNDI0416
AMOOR04326 ANAICUT0416
ANAIKARANCHATRAM04364 ANAKATTI0422
ANAMALAI04253 ANANDAGOPALAPURAM04373
ANANDUR04561 ANANTHAPURAM04145
ANATHUR04149 ANBUNAGAR0462
ANDAKULAM04339 ANDIAPPANUR04179
ANDIMADAM04331 ANDRAYANALLUR04153
ANJETTI04347 ANJUR04204
ANNAMANGALAM04328 ANNANAGAR04288
ANNANAGAR04288 ANNAVASAL04339
ANNUR I04254 ANNUR II04254
ANTHIYUR04256 ANUPPANKULAM04562
ANVARTHIKANPET04177 APPAIYANAICKENPATTI04562
ARACHALUR0424 ARAGALUR04282
ARAKANDANALLUR04153 ARAKONAM04177
ARAMBAKKAM04119 ARAMBOLY04652
ARANTHANGI04371 ARASAMPATTI04341
ARASAMPATTU04151 ARASARKULAM04371
ARASUR0422 ARASUR04295
ARAVAKURICHI04320 ARCOT04172
ARIAMKUPPAM0413 ARIKKARANVALASU04202
ARIMALAM04333 ARIYALUR04329
ARIYALUR I04329 ARIYALUR II04329
ARIYAMPALAYAM04282 ARIYUR0431
ARNICHENGALPATTU04119 ARNIVELLORE04173
ARUMANAI04651 ARUMBAVUR04328
ARUNGULAM04118 ARUNTHAVAPULAM04369
ARUPPUKOTTAI I04566 ARUPPUKOTTAI II04566
ARUVANKADU0423 ARUVANKADU0423
ASOKAPURI04143 ATHANIERODE04286
ATHANITRICHY04371 ATHIMANJERIPET04118
ATHIPALAYAM04324 ATHIPATTU04119
ATHIPEDU04119 ATHIYUR04322
ATHIYUTHU04567 ATTAKATTI04253
ATTANGUDI04565 ATTAYAMPATTY0427
ATTUR I04282 ATTUR II04282
AUNDIPATTI04546 AUNDIPATTIKOTTAI04320
AUROVILLE0413 AUTHOOR04639
AVALPOONDURAI0424 AVALURPET04145
AVANAM04373 AVANATHANKOTTAI04371
AVANIPUR04147 AVATHAVADI04343
AVINANGUDI04143 AVINASHI04296
AVIYOOR04566 AVIYOOR04566
AVOOR04374 AVUDAIYANOOR04633
AVUDAIYARKOIL04371 AYAKKARANBULAM04369
AYANGUDI04144 AYARPADI04282
AYARPADI04282 AYYALUR04551
AYYAMPALAYAM04326 AYYAMPET I04374
AYYAMPET II04374 AYYAMPETTAI04112
AYYANKOLLY04262 AYYOTHIAPATTINAM0427
AZHAGAPPAPURAM04652

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