Chennampatti

Famous temple

It has a very old and famous Mariamman temple present in this village and it believed that the wishes of people gets fulfilled by making prayers in the month of Panguni. People from nearby villages come to this village during this Panguni month for celebrating Pongal festival for the goddess Mariamman.

Nearby places

There is a dam near this village. The next village to Chennampatti is Odaipatti.

Transport

There is a bus stop in this village. There are also number of share autos passes this village. Nearest railway station to this village is Kalligudi railway station which is situated in 3 km distance from this village. The village is just 25 km away from Madurai Airport. So tourists can reach this village by train or by bus or even by flight.

Land of peafowls

The best thing about this village is, you can see thousands of peafowls in the agricultural lands of this village. In evenings you can find them crossing the road and roaming around just like humans. People don't disturb them at all and they also don't disturb anyone. Many people (outsiders) comes to this village to see those Peafowls. You can even see this peafowls sitting at the top of Palm trees here

Palai nilam

According to the sangam Tamil litearature(Sangam landscape), landscapes are classified into 5 categories which are Kuriji, Mullai, Marutham, Neithal, Palai. This village can be categorised under Palai landscape. Black soil, Dry lands, Water resources(ponds and wells here and there)etc. are the things you could notice in this village apart from countable number of houses.

Palm trees

As it is 'Palai' land, you could see a number of Palm trees here. In the month of April, may, June and July we will get Nungu or Nunku(Nunku) from these trees. Also we will get a drink called Pathaneer from these trees which really tastes like a divine drink.

School

There is a high school present in this village just in the main road (opposite to the Mariamman temple).

Historical importance

Totally it is a beautiful village with lots of history. Though its a small village with lesser population, lot of people turns on during festival season. It is an ancestral home of lot of great people