Podakkudi

2021-11-08T09:29:56Z

83.110.153.253: /* Social Welfare Associations */

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Refimprove|date=September 2014}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Podakkudi(பொதக்குடி)
| other_name = Piraikodi
| nickname =
| settlement_type =
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = 
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India
| coordinates =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = Thiruvarur
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 2
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total =
| population_as_of =
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 614103
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 04367
| registration_plate = TN-50 (Thiruvarur)
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest metro city
| blank1_info_sec1 = Tiruchirappalli
| blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank2_info_sec1 = 90%
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1 = Thanjavur
| blank4_name_sec1 = [[State legislative assemblies of India|State Legislative Assembly]] constituency
| blank4_info_sec1 = Mannargudi
| website = {{URL|http://www.podakkudi.info}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''''Podakkudi''''' is a village in Thiruvarur district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is located at a distance of {{convert|20|km|abbr=on}} from the district headquarters Thiruvarur and {{convert|272|km|abbr=on}} from the state capital Chennai. Podakkudi is known for the Big Mosque, a prominent Islamic shrine. Nearby town is Koothanallur and the nearby villages are Atthikadai and Budamangalam.

Podakkudi is derived from Pirai Kodi (Crescent Flag). Crescent flag were used as the identity of Muslims, the village was known by this name and over time it has become Podakkudi. Podakkudi was a part of [[Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)|Tanjore district]] until India's independence in 1947 and [[Nagapattinam district]] until 1991 and subsequently a part of the newly formed Thiruvarur district. The town is a part of the fertile [[Cauvery Delta]] and the major profession in the town is agriculture.

Podakkudi is administered by a village [[Gram panchayat]]. Podakkudi comes under the [[Mannargudi (State Assembly Constituency)|Mannargudi assembly]] constituency which elects a member to the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] once every five years and it is a part of the [[Thanjavur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thanjavur constituency]] which elects its [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) once in five years. Roadways are the major mode of transportation to the town and the nearest railway station is at [[Mannargudi]] and [[Koradacheri]]. The nearest seaport is [[Nagapattinam Port]], located {{convert|33|km|mi|abbr=on}} away, while the nearest airport is the [[Tiruchirappalli International Airport]], located {{convert|104|km|mi|abbr=on}} away from the town.

==Geography and climate==
Podakkudi is located at {{Coord|10.736667|N| 79.500556|E|}}. Rivers Vennar and Vettar, which flows on the two edges of the village, keeps the soil fertile. The topography is completely flat and the town is a part of the fertile [[Cauvery Delta]]. Podakkudi is situated at a distance of {{convert|350|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the state capital [[Chennai]] and {{convert|33|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Tiruvarur]], the district headquarters. The type of soil is predominantly clay and sandy, conducive for cultivation. There are no commercial mineral resources in the town. Like in the rest of the state, the period from November to February in Mannargudi has a climate full of warm days and cool nights. The onset of summer is from March to the end of June. The average temperature range from {{convert|37|°C|°F}} in January to {{convert|22.5|°C|°F}} in May and June. Summer rains are sparse and the first monsoon, the [[South-west monsoon|South-West monsoon]], usually sets in June and continues until September. [[Northeast monsoon|North-East monsoon]] usually sets in October and continues until January. The rainfall during North-East monsoon is relatively higher and is beneficial to the district at large because of the heavy rainfall and the Western ghats feeding the river Cauvery. The average rainfall is {{convert|1146.8|mm|in|abbr=on}}, most of which is contributed by the North-East monsoon.<ref name=urban23>[[#urban|Urban Infrastructure Report 2008]], p. 23</ref>

==Education==
Podakkudi has a world-renowned Islamic Arabic [[madrassa]] named Annoorul Muhammadia Arabic College started in 1904 by funding from Pona Chena family with the guidance of first principal Allama Moulana Moulavi Alhaj Shaykhuna Abdul Kareem A'la Hazrath Sarkar Qibla also known as Kamil Wali.
* Government High Secondary School for Boys, situated in Nooriya Street
* Govt. Higher Secondary Schools for Girls, situated in Mohamed Ali Street
* Panchayat Board Elementary Schools, situated in Jinna Street and Gandhi Street.

Apart from the above are many private matriculation schools and Primary School namely:
* O.M.D MATRICULATION HIGHER SECOUNDERY SCHOOL-Vazhacheri,
* A.N.Abdul Rahim Memorial Matriculation School(A.N.A Matric. School),
* Nava Bharat Nursery and Primary School
* Mother India Higher Secondary School in Vazhacheri.

Further, Financially well sound and many affluent people of residing in this village taking into consideration there are two nationalized Banks
1. Indian Bank
2. Indian Overseas
one scheduled bank (Lakshmi Vilas Bank-DBS Bank).

==Culture==

===Legends and rituals===
The [[Aqidah]] of the podakkudi is based on [[Sunnah]] heavily influenced by the peaceful teachings of Islam. Podakkudi families are [[patrilocal]] and the [[nikkah]] (marriage) registers [[mahr]] and witness.podakkudi people practice [[monogamy]] and [[male circumcision]].<ref>Robert Caldwell, ''A Political and General History of the District of Tirunelveli in the Presidency of Madras, from the earliest period to its cession to the English Government in 1801'' (Rpt) New Delhi, 1989, pp. 282-288</ref><ref>Syed Abdul Razack, ''Social and Cultural Life of the Carnatic Nawabs and Nobles — as gleaned through the Persian sources'', unpublished M.Phil. thesis, University of Madras, 1980</ref>
As a mark of modesty Tamil Muslim women usually wear white ''thuppatti'' (whilst travelling only) which is draped over their whole body on top of the Saree.

List of Masjids in Podakkudi :
* Periyapalli Masjid
* Melapalli Masjid
* Pudhumanaipalli Masjid
* Fathima Masjid
* Jannathul Firdous Masjid
* Masjid Ar Rahman (Podakkudi Thowheed Jamath)
* Ayisha Masjid (TNTJ)

===Social Welfare Associations===
* Good-luck Friends Sports And Welfare Association
* Ahamadhiya Friends Club Sports And Welfare Association
* Best Friends Club Sports And Social Welfare Association
* Grand Friends Club
* New Friends Club
* Hazrath Kareemiya Memorial Football Club(KMFC)
* Riyalath Friends Club Sports And Social Welfare Association
* Podakkudi Sports Club
* Al-Aksha Friends Club
* Cool Friends Club

== References ==
* People of India - Volume 40, Part 3 - Page 1259
* Papers in Anthropology, Volume 18, Issue 2
* 900 Years Of rawthers, Author : Chunnakara Haneefa
{{refbegin|30em}}
* {{cite journal|title=Economic and political weekly, Volume 30|page=2396|publisher=Sameeksha Trust|year=1995|ref=Economic}}
* {{cite book|title=Islamic Education, Diversity and National Identity: Dini Madaris in India Post 9/11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=56NonrqFO0UC&q=koothanallur&pg=SA2-PA3|publisher=SAGE|last1=Hartung|first1=Jan-Peter |last2=Reifeld|first2=Helmut|year=2006|isbn=9780761934332|ref=Hartung}}
* {{cite book|title=The Political Evolution of Muslims in Tamilnadu and Madras, 1930-1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QDht7OyOjXMC&q=koothanallur&pg=PA115|last=More|first=J. B. Prashant|publisher=Orient Blackswan|year=1997|isbn=9788125011927|ref=More}}
* {{cite book|title=Tamil Nadu, Human Development Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_W0iP0ZWQPgC&q=tamil+nadu+language|publisher=Berghahn Books|last=Tamil Nadu Government|year=2003|isbn=9788187358145|ref=Tamil}}
* {{cite report|title=Conversion of City Corporate Plan into Business Plan|url=http://municipality.tn.gov.in/koothanallur/Koothanallur.pdf|last=Urban Infrastructure report|publisher=Tamilnadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited|year=2008|ref=urban|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527211950/http://municipality.tn.gov.in/koothanallur/Koothanallur.pdf|archivedate=2014-05-27}}
{{refend}}

== Notes ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.podakkudi.net/]

[[Category:Villages in Tiruvarur district]]

Bharatpedia - User contributions [en]

Podakkudi