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Chettikulam is a small coastal village in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is 12 km from Kanyakumari on the road connecting Kanyakumari with Thiruchendur. The nearest town is Nagercoil. The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project has built a large township also known as Anuvijay Township for its employees near the village. Chettikulam is the birthplace of the veteran Congress Party leader and former MLA Mr.N. Soundara Pandian and Soundrarajan (AIADMK)(Ex.MP). The Soundara Pandianar Nursery and Primary School is named after this veteran leader. Nowadays bus facilities are very good. The first bus for Chettikulam (3B) from Nagercoil. This village has a telephone exchange, bank (SBI Pandian Grama Bank), post office and four schools. Including the township, the population is nearly 15,000 people.In addition to this Chettikulam has huge and vast pond. This village is very famous for kabadi, the MP soundarrajan himself played with many Indian kabadi Team player such as Rajarathinarm, Baskaran , Ganesan , etc.. This village has one government higher secondary school in east corner of the village. More than 5000 students are studying in this school. The nearest colleges are at Kanyakumari, Levengipuram, Nagercoil, Koothankuli, Sankanapuram and Vadakkankulam. Chettikulam has a C.S.I church,pentecoastal churches,a small Catholic Church (on the way to beach,naer to Iyyah temple)and many temples into it.The C.S.I church, was very heigh so when we reach the top of roof we can view kaniyakumari thiruvaluvar statue.Chettikulam has a long sea shore. There is one famous Iyyah Temple is located at center of the village. Once upon a time the seashore of this village was fully covered with coconut trees,but as the time moves on due to lack of maintenance and the migration to other districts for the search of job,now-a-days there is no sign of coconut trees along the coastal area.This village is not only surrounded by pond but also it is surrounded by agricultural lands.Chettikulam will be looking so good during Temple festivals and especially during christmas days till Newyear. There is another village named Chattikulam in Kerala near Chalakudy 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chettikulam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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