Keelakkanavai

Geography

Keezhakkanavai is a small village in Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu (Tamil: தமிழ்நாடு pronunciation (help·info), English: "Country of the Tamils", , India. Situated in between Perambalur and Chettikulam, around 10 km from Perambalur. Agriculture is the most important economic activity. As no river passes by the village, people store rainwater in lakes and ponds, which is helpful during the summer. People use well water for irrigation and drinking.

It has one Post office which serves three villages (Renganathapuram, Tambiranpatti and keelakkanavai) nearby and few provisional stores to fulfil the peoples daily needs. Also there is Part time Fair price shop (Civil supply) operating from 4 September 2010.

Contents

  • 1Temples
  • 2Schools and colleges
  • 3People
  • 4Transportation
  • 5Nearby Cities & Towns

Temples

The most famous temple is called Mariyamman Temple. There are also many temples in and around Keezhakkanavai. Sirvachur Madhura kali amman temple and Chettikulam Murugan temple are very popular. There is some yearly festival like Amman Thiruvizha, Deewali and pongal are celebrated.

Schools and colleges

Central Government Polytechnic College will be under fast construction, either from the next academic year(June 2011) it will started.

Keezhakkanavai is a small village in Perambalur. Due to this, numerous colleges and schools are being built in and around it. Some of them are listed below: There are Government schools and Matriculation schools in and around Keezhakkanavai. Dhanalakshmi Srinivan Engg. college is nearby in the village Aranarai(Perambalur), which is 5 km from Keezhakkanavai. Sri Ramakrishna Matriculation school at Perambalur which is about 8 km from Keezhakkanavai.

People

The majority of the people who live in Keezhakkanavai are original South Indian people. All of them have Tamil as their primary language.

Transportation

It has more or less an hour away from the town. The Buses from Perambalur to Keezhakkanavai. The Major City bus is 9,9A,9B and 2 other Government Busses and additionally regularly 1 Chennai Bus from Chettikulam to Chennai via Keezhakkanavai. Private Busses are Dhanalakshmi Srinivan Transport, Renganathan Transport and SKP Transport

Roads

  • Perambalur-Chettikulam
  • Perambalur-Chettikulam-Thuraiyur
  • Perambalur-Chettikulam-Trichy
  • Chettikulam-Perambalur-Chennai

Train

  • Ariyalur
  • Trichy ( It is well connected by rail to major cities like Chennai,Bangalore, Cochin, coimbatore).

Nearby Cities & Towns

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