What is "valinokkam"

Valinokkam is a village in Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu where the Graves of Hazart Imraan Ummayah Al Badawiyyah shaheed raziyallah Ta'ala anhu and Hazrat Sulthan Abdul Qadir Raziyallah anhu (Popularly called as Peer Muhammad, Noor Muhammad waliyullah by the local people) along with numbers of shuhadaas who were martyred along with Badhusha Sulthan Syed Ibrahim Shaheed of Erwadi is found. There are invisible graves of thousands of martyrs in valinokkam since it is one of the major location where the war between Arabs and pandiyas held. There is a Kattupalli in valinokkam where the graves of a few Shuhadaas (Martyrs) are found. Being in the sea shore, Valinokkam is famous for salt production. The Tamil Nadu Salt corporation started Salt production from Valinokkam in the year 1974.