Maravankudieruppu
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Maravankudieruppu மறவன்குடியிருப்பு |
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 Maravankudieruppu
Maravankudieruppu
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| Coordinates: 8°09′15″N 77°25′30″E / 8.15417°N 77.42500°ECoordinates: 8°09′15″N 77°25′30″E / 8.15417°N 77.42500°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Kanyakumari |
| Government | |
| • Body | Nagercoil Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,000 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 629002 |
| Telephone code | 04652 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-74 |
| Nearest city | Tirunelveli, Trivandrum |
| Sex ratio | 900:1000 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 99.3% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kanyakumari |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Nagercoil |
| Civic agency | Nagercoil Municipality |
| Climate | 23–37 °C, with 80% humidity (Köppen) |
| Website | www |
Maravankudieruppu is a village in the jurisdiction of Nagercoil Municipality, located three kilo metres (2 miles) south of Nagercoil, the capital of Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It is a 100% Catholic village, mostly centered on the church of Our Lady of Snows. The shrine refers to the basilica of Saint Mary Major on the Esquiline Hill in Rome, where legend says that snow fell in the summertime. It is bordered on the west by Vattakarai, Pattakasalian Vilai and Kalaisirakkum Kudieruppu to the north, Keela Maravankudieruppu to the east and on the south by a water canal, which flows from Pechiparai Dam.
Falling under the Catholic Church's jurisdiction of Kottar Diocese, this is an individual parish. There are about 1200 Catholic families in the parish, with a population of over 5,000. The current church was built in the late 1950s by the local population in a community effort, including women and children, mostly during the weekends.
The whole structure of the Church is supported by seven concrete arches, without any no pillars. The door frames are made from stone.In times where the churches in India were built with donations from Europe, this church was solely built by the contributions from the parishioners.
The town has a very high literacy rate, above 90%. Many of the people choose the teaching profession. The primary industries are timber trading and processing and cultivating rice, coconuts and bananas.
The Angelus bell (Thirikala Mani) rings at noon, and women converge on the fish market. No Sunday lunch is complete without red meat such as mutton, beef, chicken and pork. Consuming alcohol inside the house or at the dining table is a big taboo, even though drinking in a bar is acceptable. Food has a blend of Tamil-Kerala taste and some of the commonly made dishes/snacks at home are Puttu (steamed rice cake), appam, dosai (rice pan cake), idi-appam (rice noodles), phazhaya kanji, ulundan kanchi and pappadam. Acchi murukku (Rose Cookies) and mundiri kotthu find prominence during the Christmas season.
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