Festivals  

• Shasti at Tiruchendur
• Vaikaasi Vishakam at Tiruchendur
• Panimaya Maathaa Festival
• Muthaaramman Kovil Festival

Personalities  

• Subramanya Bharathi
• V O Chidambaranar
• Umaru Pulavar
• Veerapaandia Kattabomman

Veemaraja Jagaveera Pandiya Kattabomman

 

 

Full Name	Veemaraja Jagaveera Pandiya Kattabomman
Birth Place	PanchalanKurichi   Ottapidaram Taluk Thoothukudi District
Father	Jegaveera Kattabomman
Mother	Arumugathammal
Brothers	Dalavai Kumarasami (Sevathaiah – White Prince Duraisingam (Oomathurai – meaning – the dumb Prince
Date of birth	03.01.1760
Worshipped deities	Jakkamma Thiruchendur Murugan
Reign	02.02.1790 to 16.10.1799
Died	16.10.1799
Place of Death	Kayathar Thoothukudi District

 

Note :

In 1974, the Government of Tamilnadu construct a new Memorial  Fort. The Memorial hall has beautiful paintings the heroic deeds of the saga which gives a good idea about the history of the period.

Veerapandia Kattabomman festival : The district administration and Tourism Department celebrates this festival every year in second week of May.