Aaladikkumulai
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Aaladikkumulai is a village located in Pattukkottai
municipality in the Thanjavur district of the India
n state
of Tamil Nadu
. It is one of the 32 villages of Musugundan
Community.
The village contains a pond called 'Thamari Kulam', which is unusable for most of the year, due to the growth of algae, and a village school.
Most of the residents are educated. Agriculture used to be the main occupation, but this has declined in popularity, possibly due to lack of water and reduced profitability.
There is a temple dedicated to Amman for whom a festival is conducted every year.
The majority of the population is musukuntha vellalar
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Pattukkottai
Pattukkottai is a town in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. It forms the headquarters of the Pattukkottai taluk of Thanjavur district and is one of the three municipalities in the district.- History :...
municipality in the Thanjavur district of the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
. It is one of the 32 villages of Musugundan
Musugundan
Musugundhan is name of a community in India, located in Tamil Nadu State, Thanjavur District, that comprises 35 villages.The community is named after a king who ruled a part of South India.Community in this place in the modern era is classified as Velallar....
Community.
The village contains a pond called 'Thamari Kulam', which is unusable for most of the year, due to the growth of algae, and a village school.
Most of the residents are educated. Agriculture used to be the main occupation, but this has declined in popularity, possibly due to lack of water and reduced profitability.
There is a temple dedicated to Amman for whom a festival is conducted every year.
The majority of the population is musukuntha vellalar
Vellalar
Vellalars were, originally, an elite caste of Tamil agricultural landlords in Tamil Nadu, Kerala states in India and in neighbouring Sri Lanka; they were the nobility, aristocracy of the ancient Tamil order and had close relations with the different royal dynasties...
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