Tuesday, 13 December 2011

The Twin Cities


Dear Friends,
                        All of us very well know about the famous novel " A tale of two cities" by Charles Dickens. That is about " London and Paris"

Shri Nellaiappar Temple
In India also Hydrabad and Secundrabad are also called Twin Cities.

Now, we wish to introduce to our valuable viewers about the Twin Cities in Tamilnadu . They are Tirunelveli and Palayamkottai.

Yes Friends,  
Tirunelveli is famous for Halwa. Where as Palayamkottai is called Oxford of South India, the education city. Both of them called as Twin Cities.


           In Tirunelveli Town, Swami Nellayappar Temple  is a Important and Centre of the city. The name Tirunelveli has a very good history. Swamy Nellaiappar saved the paddy (Nel in tamil means paddy) which are put on dry for ‘Padayal’to Swamy by a archagar ‘Vedapattar.
           The ambal is called " Gandhimathi Amman " is a very powerful Goddess.

Tirunelveli Junction

The Oxford of India, that is Palayamkottai houses lot of Schools. The Christian Missionaries shared lot to the city by the way of running Schools and Colleges in this city.    




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