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Valinokkam is a village in Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu. Because it is near the seashore, Valinokkam is famous for salt production. The Tamil Nadu Salt corporation started Salt production from Valinokkam in the year 1974.[1] It is also well known for the shrine of Imraan Ummayah Al Badawiyyah shaheed and Sulthan Abdul Qadir Popularly called as Peer Muhammad, Noor Muhammad waliyullah Dargah by the local people.[2]
Village
editThe village is situated on a peninsula. This village is peaceful and cover of nature in Gulf of Mannar. Hence, it played an essential role in the ancient wars which occurred in the region. An aesthetically pleasing Masjid is said to have been constructed by Jinns, which was originally constructed by Vavwali Naina Mohamed marraicayar of kilakarai (grandfather of vallal seethakathi marraikayar) who build many stone masjids in sea shore area of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and andhra he built many masjid in cylone also which resembles by his own symbol embossed in those masjid which was very clearly shown in his tomb (old jumma masjid oldest masjid of India) in Kilakarai ;
Facilities of this village
edit1. 24 hours (PHC) Government Hospital for treatment This village hospital is useful to approximately surrounding of 6 village.
2. 24 hours available for tourist travels (car, minivan, tata venture and mahindra tourister)
3. Dhodhal Halwa, Fish & Sea foods etc...... famous.
4. All type of online services available in R.S.R communication and Xerox....
5. There are two legal sunnath jamaath masjid approved by Tamil Nadu Wakf Board....
Beaches
editValinokkam is famous for its pristine beaches and popular among local visitors. Families often choose south beach of Valinokkam as their favourite picnic spot during weekends.[3] The south beach facing the Indian Ocean has clean and big waves, whereas north beach is very calm mostly used for commercial activities such as fishing and boat repair services.
References
edit- ^ "Home". tnsalt.com.
- ^ "Valinokkam | Ervadi Dargah | Ervadi | Ibrahim Shahid | Kattupalli | Tamil Nadu Ziyarat | Syed Ibrahim Shahid | Dawate Islam | Religious Healing | Healing Prayers | Faith Healing". 21 November 2010.
- ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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