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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Panaikulam
| native_name = பனைக்குளம்
| native_name_lang = tam
| nickname = PNK
| settlement_type = Village
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| image_caption = [[Panaikulam Jumma Masjid]]
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ramanathapuram District|Ramanathapuram]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Taluks of Ramanathapuram district|Taluka]]
| subdivision_name3 =[[Ramanathapuram taluk|Ramanathapuram]]
| subdivision_type4 = [[Revenue blocks of Ramanathapuram district|Revenue Block]]
| subdivision_name4 =[[Mandapam block|Mandapam]]
| subdivision_type5 = [[Village Panchayat]]
| subdivision_name5 =[[Panaikulam Village Panchayat|Panaikulam]]
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| 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 = 623522
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 91 4567
| registration_plate = TN 65
| blank1_name_sec1 = Distance from [[Chennai]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = {{convert|507|km|mi}}
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'''Panaikulam''' or Panaikkulam is a village located in the eastern part of [[Ramanathapuram district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref name="Panaikulam Location on Wikimapia">[http://wikimapia.org/920776/Panaikulam Panaikulam location on Wikimapia]</ref> The inhabitants of this village are primarily [[Tamil Muslims]].

==History==
The history of Panaikulam is known for the past 200 years only. Before that, there seems to be no recorded history. From the oral information collected from the old people and with the help of a will document written by one of the descendants in the family of first migrants, it is known that Tamil-speaking Muslims migrated from adjacent parts of Ramanathapuram (e.g. Kothakottai, Udaichiyarvalasai, aalappuli
) to a place with pond and lot of palm trees. They named it as Panai (meaning ''palm tree'') kulam (meaning ''pond''). This pond (now called as Pugaloorani) served as the water source for the people and their cattle. Slowly the migrated population moved towards the inner parts of the village and established a mosque (now Jumma Mosque) for praying.<ref name="Tamil language spoken in Panaikulam">[http://www.panaikkulam.com/about-panaikulam/ Panaikulam] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219142806/http://www.panaikkulam.com/about-panaikulam/ |date=2009-02-19 }}, Panaikulam website</ref>

The migrations continued from the adjacent villages of [[Ramanathapuram]] and Panaikulam became a Muslim village. Some of the migrants used handlooms to weave the cloths and made business out of it. After some time, the mosque was built up using natural stones. It is indeed a very rare architectural beauty. During the nineteenth century, opportunities present in [[British Malaya|Malaya]] (now called [[Malaysia]]) attracted Panaikulam people and many of them went to Malaya to earn money. They mostly settled in [[Penang]] in businesses such as money exchange and restaurants.

==Language==
The primary language spoken by the people of Panaikulam is [[Tamil language|Tamil]]. Even though the accent is similar to that of the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] spoken in rest of [[Tamil Nadu]], it has unique words probably borrowed from [[Arabic]], [[Malay language|Malay]] and [[Urdu]]. Certain peculiar words like nadayam (for slipper) and aanam (for curry) are used.

==Food and cuisine==
The food habits practised by the Panaikulam people have similarities with [[Tamil Muslim]] cuisine, Sri Lankan Muslim<ref name="Tamil Muslims in Sri Lanka">[[Srilankan tamil#Tamil-speaking communities|Sri Lankan Tamil Muslims]]</ref> cuisine and [[Malay cuisine]]. For example, the foods such as [[Watalappam]] and [[Idiyappam]] are regularly prepared and eaten by Sri Lankan Tamil Muslims and [[Tamil Muslims]] settled in [[Malaysia]] and [[Singapore]].

==Notable person==
* [[Haji Mastan]] - The birthplace of Haji Mastan is Panaikulam. He revealed this in an interview with "India Today" some years ago.
* K.A.N Bahurdeen, patriarch for the K.A.N (Kati-Adham-Naina) clan, philanthropist and founder of Bahurdeen School, first school to be established in Panaikulam for the village and its surrounding areas. Now it is run by government under the name Bahurdeen Government Higher Secondary School.

==References==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Ramanathapuram district]]

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