Thambithoppu is a small village located in the town of Kalakkad

Kalakkad

Kalakkad is a panchayat town in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.-Demographics: India census, Kalakkadu had a population of 27,025. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Kalakkadu has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%:...

, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

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, India

India

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Name

The name of the village, "Thambithoppu", is known to be derived from the fact that the people of the village are very close to each other so that they call each other by the name of brother or Thambi, even though they are not really related by blood. Even now such relationships can be witnessed between the people of Thambithoppu.

Nearest villages

Thambithoppu is surrounded by many small villages like Manjuvilai, Pottarkulam, Karuvelankulam, Singampathu, etc.,

Agriculture

Agriculture is the main occupation of the people living in Thambithoppu. A lot of agricultural land is found around the village. And mostly Banana Plantatin is planted in this region. And as a cyclic crop, Rice is also grown.

Religion

Although most inhabitans are Hindu

Hinduism

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, some people follow the Christian bleief

Christianity

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. Hindus worship Shriman Ayya Narayanaswamy as their deity, who is known to have lived from 1810-1851 in Swamithoppu, Kanyakumari District

Kanyakumari District

Kanyakumari District ) is a district of Tamil Nadu state, India and is the southernmost land area of mainland India.The district is the second most urbanised district in Tamilnadu, next only to Chennai and ahead of Coimbatore. It also has the highest literacy and education levels in the...

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Shriman Ayya Narayana Swami Temple and Sudalamadasamy temple are located in Thambithoppu. Here, annually, "Thiruvizha" and "Kodai Vizha" functions are conducted which brings a lot of people from various locations to convene in Thambithoppu.

Transportation

Thambithoppu can be reached 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...

, Nanguneri

Nanguneri

Nanguneri is a panchayat town in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Nanguneri is a Taluk Headquarters in the District of Tirunelveli situate at a distance of from the headquarters of the...

 and Vallioor etc. by bus. The nearest railway station is Nanguneri

Nanguneri

Nanguneri is a panchayat town in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Nanguneri is a Taluk Headquarters in the District of Tirunelveli situate at a distance of from the headquarters of the...

. Nearest airports are at Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram

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 and Madurai

Madurai

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. Tuticorin also has an airstrip having one flight a day and is about 80 km away.