Mangavilai is a village in

Kanyakumari district Kanniyakumari district is one of the 38 districts in Tamil Nadu state and the southernmost district in mainland India. It stands second in terms of population density among the districts of Tamil Nadu. It is also the richest district in Tamil Nad ...

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. It is administered under Dharmapuram

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, and is located 9 km away from

Nagercoil Nagercoil, also spelt as Nagarkovil ("Temple of the Nāgas", or Nagaraja-Temple), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu state, India. Situated close to the tip of the Indian peninsula, it lies on ...

, the district headquarters of

Kanyakumari Kanniyakumari (; , referring to Devi Kanya Kumari), also known as Cape Comorin, is a city in Kanniyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent and the southernmost city in mainland I ...

. The name Mangavilai means 'indestroyable fame'.

History

Mangavilai is a village with a population of about 1,000 people in the

district. The city is one of only few in the Kanyakumari district with an entrance sign featuring three or more languages (in the case of Mangavilai: Hindi, Tamil, and English). The village has seen success in the sphere of politics, with village members serving at the

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level. Village member M.C. Balan served in the Rajyasabha, and is also notable for launching an ultimately unsuccessful 1972 bid to contest the seat held by former

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CM Shri

K. Kamaraj Kumaraswami Kamaraj (15 July 1903 – 2 October 1975, hinduonnet.com. 15–28 September 2001), popularly known as Kamarajar was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the Chief Minister of Madras State (Tamil Nadu) ...

Village and surroundings

Mangavilai is situated 1 km from the coast of the

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. It is 9 km from

, the district Headquarters, and 20 km from Kanyakumari, the southernmost point in mainland India. It is surrounded by several other small villages including Pilavilai to the north, Neduvilai to the east,

Kaliyakkavilai Kaliakkavilai is a town panchayat in Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, close to the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border. It lies on the Kochi-Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari National highway 47. Demographics India census A census is ...

to the south, and

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and Panavilai to the west. Mangvilai is administered under Dharmapuram

Temples History

Siva Sudalai Maadan Kovil Sudalai

This is a Hindu Temple located in the Mangavilai village. Shri Siva Sudalai Maadan Temple belongs to the whole village. It is situated directly in the center of the village. Vinayagar Temple VINAYAGAR MANGAVILAI

This is a famous temple, which is present inside Siva Sudalai Swamy temple. Arunachaleswar Temple Arunachaleswar-mangavilai

This is a family temple, which is present in the north side of Siva Sudalai Maadan temple Isakki Amman Temple ISAKI AMMAN TEMPLE

This is a family temple, which is present on the west side of Shiva Sudalai Maadan temple. Ayya Vaikundar Temple This is a family temple, which is present in the west of Isakki Amman temple.

Culture and religion

Most residents of Mangavilai follow

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Indian religion or ''dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global po ...

and belong to the

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caste.

Education

The

literacy Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, hum ...

rate is 100% and newspapers are popular. Village facilities include a

library A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vi ...

whose reading room features more than 15 weekly and monthly magazines, as well as a

sport Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ...

s complex for use by local youths. The

provides

educational Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Vari ...

and employment services through various

consultant A consultant (from la, consultare "to deliberate") is a professional (also known as ''expert'', ''specialist'', see variations of meaning below) who provides advice and other purposeful activities in an area of specialization. Consulting servi ...

s and

document A document is a written, drawn, presented, or memorialized representation of thought, often the manifestation of non-fictional, as well as fictional, content. The word originates from the Latin ''Documentum'', which denotes a "teaching" o ...

s. The village organizes an annual meeting of employed villagers for the purpose of village development and cultivating leaders to develop

education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. ...

resources. The village produces many doctors,

engineers Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who Invention, invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considerin ...

lawyers A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solicitor ...

college professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...

s, and

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government ...

employees, including personnel in State Administrative Service as well as in

military A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distin ...

or paramilitary

service Service may refer to: Activities * Administrative service, a required part of the workload of university faculty * Civil service, the body of employees of a government * Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community or a p ...

. Today, the village has one government employee in each

household A household consists of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling. It may be of a single family or another type of person group. The household is the basic unit of analysis in many social, microeconomic and government models, and is im ...

Climate

The maximum

temperature Temperature is a physical quantity that expresses quantitatively the perceptions of hotness and coldness. Temperature is measured with a thermometer. Thermometers are calibrated in various temperature scales that historically have relied on ...

during

summer Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, the earliest sunrise and latest sunset occurs, daylight hours are longest and dark hours are shortest, ...

hovers around 86 °F or 30 °C. Mangavilai receives both the North-East and South-West

monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal osci ...

Social Welfare Club

*Nethaji Youth Club (NYC), Mangavilai {{Gallery , title=NYC Function - 26th January 2022 - Photo Gallery , align=center , NYC2022.jpg , Honour to the Chief Guest *Gandhiji Youth Club (GYC), Mangavilai

Kabadi Club

Siva Sudalaimaada Swamy Kabadi Club (SSS Kabadi Club)

Schools

*Saraswathi Vidyalaya Matriculation School, Mangavilai

External links

Mangavilai public websiteKanyakumari District WebsitePlastics Free KanyakumariPuthoor-JunctionPrivate websiteThis is a private website of Mr. G RajasekaranSchools in Kanyakumari District
Villages in Kanyakumari district