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SIVAGALAI

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  Sivagalai  is a village in the  Tuticorin district  of  Tamil Nadu , India. It is surrounded by small hamlets like Nainarpuram, Paramboo, Pottal, Parakiramapandi, Monkottapuran and Aavarangadu. The district capital Tuticorin is 30 km from the village and Srivaikundam and Eral is 10 km and 6 km from the village respectively. Sivagalai was once called as "Small  Ceylon " by the Britishers, as it is surrounded by many lakes. By San. The population of the village is about 11,000, including 6000 males and 5000 females. Hinduism is followed by majority of the population, with Christians and the Muslims making up most of the rest of the population. The village has a church called the St. Trinity church which is surrounded by a lot of temples. Agriculture is the major source of income for the villagers. Most of the men from this village are working as drivers and conductors in Tamil Nadu transport corporation and while being as farmers. Arulmigu Muthumalai sri muppidari amman, path
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KORKAI

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  Korkai  is a small village in the  Srivaikuntam   taluk  of  Thoothukudi district  in  Tamil Nadu ,  India . It was called Pandya-Kavada in the Kapatapuram in  Kalithogai . It is situated about 3 km north of the  Thamirabarani River  and about 6 km from the shore of  Bay of Bengal . Korkai was the capital, principal center of trade and important port of the  Early Pandyan Kingdom . At that time, it was located on the banks of the Tamiraparani River and at the sea coast, forming a natural harbour. Due to excessive sedimentation, the sea has receded about 6 km in the past 2000 years, leaving Korkai well inland today. The famous urn burial site,  Adichanallur , is located about 15 km. from Korkai. In ancient times, Korkai was a well known center of pearl fishery; it is mentioned often in the  Sangam literature  and in classical western literature.  Ptolemy  refers to the place as Kolkhai and says that it was an emporium. The  Periplus  says that the Pandyan kingdom extended from Comari
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ADICHANALLUR

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  Adichanallur  ( Tamil : ஆதிச்சநல்லூர்) is an  archaeological site  in  Thoothukudi district  in  Tamil Nadu ,  India  that has been the site of a number of very important archaeological finds.  Korkai , the capital of the  Early Pandyan Kingdom , is located about 15 km from Adichanallur. Carbon dating of samples excavated in 2004 from the Adichanallur site has revealed that they belonged to the period between 1000 BC and 600 BC.  I n 2005, around 169 clay urns containing human skeletons were unearthed that date back to at-least 3,800 years.  In 2018, research on copper metal remains remains were dated at Manipur University to 1500 BC (+ or - 700 years). But dating was not accepted as accurate. In 2004, a number of skeletons were found buried in earthenware  urns . Some of these urns contained writing in  Tamili  (Tamil-Brahmi) script. While some of the burial urns contained skeletons of Tamil origin, others were found with remains of mostly Australoid, Southeast Asian, East Asian and
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