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| image_caption = A fisherman in Wooster Nagar demonstrates his net-throwing technique.<br />
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[[File:WoosterNagarStreet.JPG|thumb|right|The main street of Wooster Nagar. The English translation is "Noble Street". The white rice-powder patterns on the walks are known as [[kolam]]s.]]<br />
'''Wooster Nagar''' is the name of a small [[fishing village]] in [[Chengalpattu district]] in the state of [[Tamil Nadu, India]]. Dedicated 3 January 2007, the village consists of 26 homes built with funds donated by citizens of [[Wooster, Ohio]] USA.<ref>''In Touch South India'', Headlines from the U.S. Consulate General, Chennai, Feb-Mar 2007, Vol. IV, Issue 1.</ref> In recognition of these donations, the village residents renamed their village Wooster Nagar. "Nagar" is from [[Sanskrit]] and means city.<br />
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The village is located at [[Pudupattinam, Kanchipuram|Pudupattinam]], just inland from the [[Indian Ocean]] coastline, an hour south of [[Chennai]], the capital of Tamil Nadu. Village residents, employed as inland waters fishermen, saw their nearby homes completely destroyed by the December 2004 [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|tsunami]] which hit, among other areas, the eastern coast of India.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://discoveryofindia.cowblogs.wooster.edu/ A blog which includes a May 2008 visit to Wooster Nagar.]<br />
*[[College of Wooster]] faculty meet Wooster Nagar townspeople in May 2008 [http://discoveryofindia.cowblogs.wooster.edu/files/2008/06/woonagar.JPG]<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Chengalpattu district]]</div>->Venkat TL