Nagercoil is a typical South Indian
town, surrounded by Hills, lush green paddy fields & inhabited by workalcholic, hard
driven, peace loving people.
Nagercoil
is a bustling town situated at about 12 kms north of Kanyakumari, which is the
southern most part of India. Shops and houses crowd the sides of the roads.
But, if you have the time to go behind the houses, you will be amidst lush green
fields. The fields can be found right in the centre of the town. It's a town
where nature is at it's best. It's a place where traditional and cultural values
are respected and preserved.
In the mornings you will find kolams adorning
the frontyard of houses. In the month of margali, the tamil month corresponding
to december, you will find a group of young devottes singing around the huge
175 year old KalKoil Biggest Church in the Southern Districts. Here you can
see men hurrying-scurrying around in dhothis, lungis and pants. Women
in colourful saris walk at a more sedate pace. Majority of the young girls still
wear a thavani or half-sari or perhaps the salwar-kameez.
There
is a huge bus terminus, which is awake around the clock. There are bus routes
to every place in Tamil Nadu -- inter-state buses to Trivandrum, Ernakulam and
Bangalore, too -- out of this busy little town.
The railway junction is just
at stone's throw from the bus terminus. Trains are available to Trivandrum,
the state capital of Chennai, Bangalore, Bombay and even to Delhi. Around the
bus terminus you can find a couple of sweet shops where you can get the famous
Nenthiran Chips doing a brisk business.
Nagercoil
or
'Nagarammankoil',
as it is popularly known, also remains as a centre
of tourist attraction. You will find junglee Asambu hills, kalakad
hills and famous Courtallam - the local Niagara, the elephant sanctuary at Mundanthurai
and so on are within an hour drive. You can reach Kerala,
the god's own country, at about two hours
dirve.
For
more details about my home town,
please visit
:
Mosjos
Healthcare & Research Foundation
456,Moses Avenue, First
Main Road, Kamaraj Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur,
Chennai-600041, Tamilnadu,India.
