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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
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|name = Singamparai
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'''Singamparai'''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=YTnmDZyG77UC&pg=PA77&lpg=PA77&dq=singamparai&source=bl&ots=fQgclmYtCJ&sig=3lLI15s4FcqAFJph7pkBPFr2AZA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nqPNUbqkDM7RrQfivoDICQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=singamparai&f=false Perspectives On Private Tuition: At Higher Secondary Level]</ref> is a village in [[Mukkudal]] Town Panchayat, situated just north of Mukkudal in [[Tirunelveli District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India, with the Population about 5000 live in the village.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 Census of India 2001]</ref>

==History==
The village has the history about 200 years. The people who had adopted the [[Christianity]] came from the village Somanthamperi. They Bought lands from the land-lords of [[pettai, Tirunelveli|pettai]] and settled down here. They built a church in 1929 dedicated to [[Paul the Apostle|St. paul the apostle]].<ref>[http://palayamkottaidiocese.org/parishes/?parish_info=32 St. Paul's Church, Singamparai]</ref>

==Churches and Parish==
The church of [[Paul the Apostle|St. Paul the apostle]] is the biggest church of the village and it became a [[Parish (Catholic Church)|Catholic parish church]] in 1931,<ref>[http://www.palayamkottaidiocese.org/diocese/shrines/6 Singamparai Parish]</ref> separated from Sendamaram parish and its first parish priest was Fr. A. Couturier S.J. In 2013, Thalarkulam became a new parish and separated from singamparai parish. Now the parish area covered includes the villages Mylapuram, Ilanthaikulam, Mukkudal, Pappakudi and Ariyanayagipuram.

There is also a Latin Church of [[Anthony of Padua|St. Antony of Padua]], and another church in the village.

==Grottoes==
There are grottoes around the village for St. Antony of Paduva, [[Our Lady of Perpetual Help]], [[Annai Velankanni]] and [[Michael Archangel|Archangel St. Michael]].

==Schools==
R.C.Primary School and St.Paul Hr. Sec. School are the two schools in the village run by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Palayamkottai]] and managed by the parish priest.

==References==

{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Villages in Tirunelveli district]]

Singamparai - Revision history

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