Why Drumsticks are short

Sambar of South Indian food is delicious if it contains drumsticks as one of the ingredients. I tasted and enjoyed food with Drumstick sambar at Sambandar Alangulam of Madurai. I think the local drumsticks here are old variety. They appear stout but short in length. Why are they short? Any lack of natural fertilizer? Kindly discuss in the form of comments.

Sunrise at Alangulam

S. Alangulam is a beautiful place in Madurai. Its kulam (pond) is usually not a kulam. No water in the so called pond or lake. Thick growth of thorny trees is found in kulam without water, Alangulam. Sun rise is very enchanting here although there is no water. If filled with water it would be more beautiful. 

Water inlet to this dry pond needs to be cleared off from blockage and debris.

Kulam without Water

Really you are viewing a lake of Sambandar Alangulam at Madurai -17. Anaiyur, Kulamangalam, Mahatma Gandhi Nagar, Sellur, Vaigai River are very near to this. The lake is totally dry in this summer. Water can be seen only for a few months in a year. Half of the lake is filled with velikkathan trees, a thorny wood. Kulam means pond. Madurai city is a combination of many villages. Here in Madurai area, many villages are named after ponds, pools, lakes, etc. Kanmai means a small man made lake, created for the purpose mainly for irrigation. Pallam means low level area, and water may fill this to form a stagnant pool of water. Kanmai is also called kulam here.

There are several kulams. Arasankulam, Andikulam, Asaripallam, Athikulam, Anaikulam, Ammangulam, Thanakkankulan, Kanakkankulam, bibikulam, chettikulam, Tallakulam, Oormechikulam, Omachikulam, Koodangulam, Chinnakulam, Sirukulam, Periyakulam, Perungulam, Karungulam, Senkulam, Gurukulam, Mangulam, Mettukulam, Poongulam, Pudukulam, Pazhaiyakulam, Reddyakulam, Theppakkulam, Tuvarangulam, Samikulam, Peikulam,Alangulam, Arasankulam and Veppangulam are some samples.

The water inlets to the pond like lake at S. Alangulam are blocked at several places. The urbanization spoils these channels. Dirty ditch flows through the channels with garbage obstructions dumped by the people living nearby.

Pigs are living in the area. People use the lake, Alangulam, as open air latrine.

If this continues, one day the kulam will be no more and may be called verungulam that means kulam without water.  

Chithirai Festival at Athipatti

A grand festival is being celebrated at Arulmigu Shri Pudumariamman temple at Athipatti of Sedapatti Panchayat union, Peraiyur taluk, Madurai District, Tamilnadu India from 26 April 2013. This colourful great festival will continue up to 30 Apr 2013. Several varieties of celebrations and functions to worship the Goddess are planned and arrangements made. One of the promulgations of the events, bit notice, can be seen below.

Lactating Stray Bitch

A breast feeding stray bitch with its puppies at, Sri Ragavendra Nagar, Near Anbu Nagar Bus Stop, S. Alangulam Anaiyur Post, Madurai 17

 Road side country bitch. But still a mother. Seen near Kulamangalam road between Sellur and kosakulam/Anaiyur.

Motherhood, motherliness or love of a mother

I may feel hungry. But I won’t allow my puppies to be in hunger.

Amma, anbin adaiyalam

Chumma illai ithan perumai

Kanmai karaiyil

Kalaippudan paduthalum

Kanivudan koduppen

Kanmanikalukku en pal.

Application Form for Community Certificate

Name of the Applicant:

Father/Husband’s Name:

Sex (M/F):

Residential Address:

Ration Card No.

(Copy to be enclosed)

School Leaving Certificate

(Copy to be enclosed)

Transfer Certificate

(Copy to be enclosed)

Details of Community Certificate of Parents

(Copy to be enclosed)

or

Details of School Certificates of Parents

(Copy to be enclosed)

Date of application:

                                                                                 Signature of the Applicant

A Sample Receipt for Donation

Here is a receipt for a donation to Mayandi Swamy Pillaiyar Koil, Arappalayam Main Road Madurai. The donation was made for “Anna Dhanam”, offering of free food, to Palani Patha Yatra pilgrims, on the way to pray the God Lord Murugan.

Tips to increase mileage

I happened to see and enjoy reading some ideas to save fuel and to increase mileage of vehicles.These tips were printed behind the bills of a petrol bunk at Dindigul of Tamilnadu, India.

If the consumption of fuel is more, there will be more sales of it at the bunks subsequently. The efforts to reduce fuel consumption are to be initiated by the users. It is nice to see the fuel saving guidance from the petrol bunk itself.