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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{unreferenced|date=December 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pragasapuram
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu, India
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Thoothukudi district]]
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| government_type = Nazareth Panchayat
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'''Pragasapuram''' is a sub-village adjacent to [[Nazareth, Tamil Nadu|Nazareth]] and Mukuperi in the [[Thoothukudi district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The Tirunelveli-Tiruchendur Railway Line divides the villages of Pragasapuram and Nazareth. Pragasapuam is included under Nazareth Village for Revenue and Land administration, but the Mukuperi Post Office provides postal service. Pragasapuram and Mukuperi are on the northern border of [[Therikaadu]] and Nazareth is on the northwestern border. It is surrounded by trees, lakes and paddy fields.

==Climate==
The climate of Pragasapuram is usually dry and windy, but there is a short rainy season.

==Education==
Pragasapuram has three schools: St. Mary's Middle School, St. Trinity Church Middle School and James Memorial Matriculation Higher Secondary School. The literacy rate is above 96%

==Religion==
Pragasapuram is mostly populated with [[Christianity|Christians]] and [[Hinduism|Hindus]]. It has five churches, [[Our Lady of Assumption Church, Pragasapuram|Our Lady of Assumption Church]] ([[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]]), St. Trinity Church ([[Protestantism|Protestant]]), [[Church of the Only Saviour]] (ERS), a [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]] church and a Pentecost Church, and two Hindu temples. More than 80% of the population are Christians.

==Festivals==
The Catholic Church's annual feast runs from 6 August to 15 August every year. Many people from Nazareth, Mukuperi and other surrounding areas celebrate the St. Mary's festival. They provide food ([[Samabanthi]]) for all people thrice a year.

The CSI Church gives Samabanthi once a year during their Church dedication remembrance ceremony. The ERS and SDA churches also celebrate their yearly dedication festival with free food. The ERS Church follows mostly the [[Old Testament]] of the Bible with a Saturday Sabbath and Jewish traditions including Passover.

==Further reading==
''The Nadar of Tamilnad - The Political Culture of a Community in Change'', by Robert L. Hardgrave, Jr. First published in 1969 by the University of California. {{ISBN|81-7304-700-6}}.
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[[Category: Villages in Thoothukudi district]]

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