Megnanapuram lies in the southern side of Thoothukudi district

Thoothukudi District

Thoothukudi District, also known as Tuticorin District, is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Thoothukudi is the district headquarters. It is also known for Pearl cultivation with abundance of pearls found in the seas of Thoothukudi...

, at about 6 km east of Sattankulam and 11 km south of Nazareth. Udangudi

Udangudi

Udangudi is a Panchayat town in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a small village in Tamil Nadu, India situated near Thiruchendur. The village was once known for Vetrilai and Karupatti.-Demographics:...

 is the nearest town. The nearest railway is Nazareth Railway Station. It is served by Tuticorin Airport. By road, it is accessible from Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli , also known as Nellai , and historically as Tinnevelly, is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of the Tirunelveli District and the sixth biggest city in Tamil Nadu...

 (41 km north-west), Tuticorin and Nagercoil

Nagercoil

Nagercoil is the 12th largest city in the southernmost Indian state of Tamil Nadu and a municipality and administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District...

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One of the stateliest churches in the whole of India is St. Paul’s church. Megnanapuram is a village which came under the influence of Rev. C. T. E. Rhenius

C. T. E. Rhenius

Reverend Charles Theophilus Ewald Rhenius - The Apostle of Tirunelveli was a German born missionary of the Church Mission Society . He was the first CMS missionary to arrive at India. For his missionary work in the Tirunelveli district he came to be known as the "Apostle of Tirunelveli"...

. On March 7, 1830, Rhenius changed the name of the village "Neduvilai" into "Megnanapuram" (True Wisdom). Rev. John Thomas, who landed here in 1837, took the village to his heart and designed the church, which is a ‘must’ for any visitor to Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli , also known as Nellai , and historically as Tinnevelly, is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of the Tirunelveli District and the sixth biggest city in Tamil Nadu...

. The imposing steeple, 192 ft high, was added in 1868, the coping stone being fixed by Lord Napier

Lord Napier

Lord Napier, of Merchistoun, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1627 for Sir Archibald Napier, 1st Baronet. Earlier that year, he already held the Napier Baronetcy, of Merchistoun in the County of Midlothian, created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. The titles remained united...

. Rev. John Thomas was buried in a corner of the church.

Climate

The climate

Climate

Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological elemental measurements in a given region over long periods...

 is very pleasant in rainy and winter season (September–January),and very hot in summer. As it is only 5 km away from the Bay of Mannar

Gulf of Mannar

The Gulf of Mannar is a large shallow bay forming part of the Laccadive Sea in the Indian Ocean. It lies between the southeastern tip of India and the west coast of Sri Lanka. A chain of low islands and reefs known as Adam's Bridge, also called Ramsethu, which includes Mannar Island, separates the...

 a pleasant wind blows in the evening all around the year.

Economy

Agriculture is the major source of livelihood for the people here. The west ayacut irrigation (sadaneri kalvai)is the only source of irrigation. Lake Sadaneri is always dry because the farmers of 'semerikulam' are not allowing the water in the canal as it will immerse their 'illegal' cultivation in 'Padugai'. The failure of monsoon over the years made the people to migrate to town for grocery business. As education is very accessible, the young generation got good job all over the world. The profession of 'cooking' is very famous and they travel to Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

 and Coimbatore

Coimbatore

Coimbatore , also known as Kovai , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a major commercial centre in Tamil Nadu and is known as the "Manchester of South India"....

 for preparing mouth watering delicious food in churches.

Sports

Although people play all games Kabaddi

Kabaddi

Kabaddi is a South Asian team sport...

 and volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

are very famous. Megnanapuram has generated lot of national Kabaddi players and Clubs like SAP bros found by T.SUGIRTHAPANY OF ELLANGANATHAPURAM , John Thomas club etc.,.