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Peyanvilai is a village in the taluk of Tiruchendur and in Thoothukudi district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
Geography
The village lies between Tuticorin - Tiruchendur connecting Local Fund (LF) Road. 2 km from the sea shore of Bay of Bengal. 4 km from the delta of Tamirabarani river.
Peyanvilai has very old temples and tradition practices over several centuries
- Sri Vada Pathirakali Amman Temple
- Thiru Ponmada Swamy Temple
- Thiru Dharma Kutti Sastha Temple
- Sri Papathi Amman Temple
- Sri Bramasakthi Amman Temple
- Sri Katterum Perumal Temple
Culture
The festival / carnival for the temple celebrated for a week with traditional Tamil folk dance like villu pattu, karagattam, mullai pattu. The entire village is decorated with colorful light. The people who stay across India belongs to this village will attend the celebration.
The prime occupation of the people are agriculture. Palm tree and its allied product is very special in this village. The sacred birds like peacock, barmy kite (Alwar) are plenty to see in this village. The age of the tree in this temple is predicted more than 1000 yrs.
Habits
The food is prepared very tasty in this village with traditional mud pot and fuel wood stoves. During the night we can see the lights of industries in the Tuticorin Belt. The night view of Tuticorin harbour seen from 25 km look so good like lamps on the sea. The curve in the Indian map can be visually seen. This village have wise people with out calendar and clock predict the rain, astrology. They take herbs in their routine food as medicine.