Karaikeni is a Gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

 in Madurai district

Madurai District

Madurai district is one of the 32 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. The city of Madurai serves as the district headquarters. It houses the world famous Sri Meenakshi Sundareshwarar temple and is situated on the banks of river Vaigai. Thiruparankundram is one of the major...

 in the India

India

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 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...

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Location

Karaikeni is situated 2 km from T.Kallupatti

T.Kallupatti

-Town with Initials , the concept of Mother Village:The town has an initial similar to a person and this is actually a common thing seen in Southern Tamilnadu. The Initial for the town is the Name of the Mother Village from which it derives its existence. Its as similar to the relation between...

. It comprises 2 villages Karaikeni and Theppathupatti.

Culture

Karaikeni Padukalam ( Padukalam means War ) is celebrated where many villages come together to have different war like activities. The history goes back 500 years when Karaikeni ruler Arasuthevar decided to resolve a dispute between 2 other small rulers. The decision was to contest a war to decide the winner. 1 of the ruler and his army was destroyed but one warrior escapes. His descendants come together every 2 years to celebrate this festival.Now the festival involves a fight between the groups in typical Tamil tradition involving Silambu

Silambu

Silambu is a traditional anklet worn mostly by South Indians. This ornament is referred to in the famous Tamil silapapthigaram, where the story begins and ends with a silmabu. In olden days, both men and women wore a variety of silambu. This can be discovered in most of the Tamil texts...

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Some of the other temples are Maasana Muthammal(Sleeping Goddess) , Amman Temple ,Vinayakar Temple .

Rural Development

The village comprise of only Hindus and a majority belong to Thevar community . The village is a revenue village and has protected water supply and electricity to all households . Primary Healthcare and High School are available in the village.
Major Revenue comes from agriculture . More frequent religious festivals contribute to the revenue of locals. The village is linked by Gram sadak yojna and is linked with nearby villages and to T.Kallupatti town.

Politics

AIADMK was the favoured political party till Sedapatti Muthiah was in AIADMK as his wife and relatives belong to this village. There is a split support between AIADMK and DMK post his joining hands with DMK.