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Country
  
India

District
  
Tirunelveli

PIN
  
627104

Local time
  
Sunday 2:08 PM

State
  
Tamil Nadu

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Telephone code
  
STD - 04637

Kuthenkuly

Weather
  
34°C, Wind S at 14 km/h, 52% Humidity

Kuthenkuly


Kuthenkuly or Kuthenkuli (Tamil கூத்தன்குழி ) is a village in Tamil Nadu, India. It is in the Radhapuram taluk of Tirunelveli district. It gets it name from kuthen which means the Hindu god Shiva who does kazhi nadanam or cosmic dance.

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Map of Kuthenkuly, Tamil Nadu

After the period of St Francis Xavier in 1542, many of the inhabitants converted to Catholicism. This village is belongs to Tuticorin Diocese. The occupation of the majority people living in the village is fishing. Kuthenkuli has a famous Roman Catholic church with the name of St.Cathorine ( kitheri ammal koil). Total sourrending village people will celebrate the festivel of St.Cathorine which is called kitheriammal.

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References

Kuthenkuly Wikipedia