Parota Stalls

Parota dish in Kilakarai

Parota Stall Keelakarai

Parota is a food item which is like chappathi or dosa but hard enough to make it to pieces. Parota is a famous dish in down south of Tamil Nadu (India). Kilakarai has abundant Parota Stalls which is good in taste. Parota is made up of Maida flour. 

In Kilakarai main road we could find parota shop for every 100 Meters. Kilakarai people fond of eating parota dish from Morning to evening. Two parotas are enough to keep away the appetite for 3 hours. Parotas are served with Kuruma ( A kind of Proidge) , Drunker guys used to have Parota after consuming alcohol liquors. Kurumas are of very spicy in taste that suits the tongue of the boozy people. 

In the nearer cities Parotas are getting ready in the eveing time as people preferred it in the evening time only where as in kilakarai Parotas are available from the Morning itself and we could find people eating parotas in the morning for their break-fast.

Best dishes to be taken along with parota is Half-boiled egg, cooked intestine of Goats and Cows and also the Mutton chukka. In kilakarai Boy(Muslim) Parota is very famous and it is available in a Parota stall under Tourist home.

There are many types of Parota available in Kilakarai; they are as follows;

1) Chilli parota

2) Kothu Parota

3) Muttai parota

4) veechu parota

5) Plain Parota

If you people get a chance to visit kilakarai, do not forget to taste the Parota.

Pet Animals in kilakarai

Pets in Kilakarai

Kilakarai people are not fond of keeping Pets at home. We could rarely see a dog in a home @ kilakarai. People in kilakarai must understood the nature of having Pets in their home to help them free from Worries, stress and Mental health. 

This is an uncommon thing to be observed in Kilakarai

Nearest Passport office

Passport office, kilakarai

For Ramanathapuram district people there is no passport office available within the district. The passport section for this district has been under the Madurai division. People in Kilakarai has to go and meet the Madurai office to apply for the Passport.

Passport Office address for kilakarai People;

Passport Office,

Claret Plaza, 

Melakkal Main Road, 

Kochadai, 

Madurai

Working hours : 9:30 AM to 5 PM

As there will be more rush in getting the passport application, People are advised to go as early as possible to get it.

You can get the status of your newly applied passport in the below URL;

http://164.100.17.25/passmain.php?city=mdu 

You can also send SMS to 9442151518 from any mobile with the format 

STAT File number (Receipt Number)

Fire Crackers Shop

Fire Crackers in Kilakarai

Fire Crackers are special at the time of diwali for hindus as well for the family people who have kids in their houses. People are started celebrating the festival of lights without bursting crackers because of the high price of Money. 

Crackers shop will be opened in kilakarai market before a week of diwali. Hindus in kilakarai will buy the crackers from morning to midnight. The Fire Crackers shop will kept open for 24 hours. The shop owners deals with lump sum of crackers and all of them would be sold out on the day of diwali.

Two crackers shop will be available in kilakarai market at the time of diwali. Kilakarai market would get big crowd on the time of diwali because of the two Fire Crackers shop.

keelakarai crackers shop

Ground Water Wells in Kilakarai

Urai Kinaru in Kilakarai

Ground Water wells are found in 90 % of the houses in Kilakarai. People in kilakarai are taking water from this Water wells for their day-to-day use like Bathing, Washing, Cooking and for some more uses. As the Tamil Nadu government asked every family to implement rain water harvesting in their houses. Kilakarai people have turned out all the rain water to their water wells. This helps in increasing the ground level water in and around kilakarai.

These days people in down south of Tamil Nadu started demolishing the traditional water wells as the 6 inch water bore is enough to have the water for their living. After some decades, if any one wish to see a water well, he/she has to come to kilakarai to see it and also for taking photos of the traditional living. 

Kilakarai water wells are specialized with a type of construction used in it. In Tamil language it's called as Urai Kinaru (Ringed-Wells). 

Water well drillers will drill the ground to some certain level till the ground water level is reached. Once the level is reached they will drop the Urai ( cement block in round shape) into the ground in a sequence, up to the land level.

Kilakarai has surplus Ground Water wells.

Mohamed Sathak Engineering College Kilakarai

MSEC -
Mohamed sathak engineering college Kilakarai - Keelakarai

Mohamed Sathak Engineering College in Kilakarai was started in 1984 by the Mohamed Sathak Trust. This is the only one engineering available in kilakarai. The short form of this college is MSEC.

It has double characteristic feature as the First Self-Financing college and also the Muslim Minority College in down south of Tamil Nadu.

This college is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. This college proffer 10 Undergraduate and 8 Post Graduate courses to over 2500 students from various place mark. This institution is an ISO 9001:2000 certified institution and it is affiliated to Anna University, Trichy. 

In Tamil Nadu, Very few colleges have Marine and Aeronautical Department. This college is one among those which offers these courses.

College Address :

Mohamed Sathak Engineernig College,
Kilakarai - 623 806
Ramanathapuram Dist.

Tamil Nadu

India 

Website : http://www.msec-edu.in

Enquiry :  enquiries@msec.in

Admission Contact Number : (04567) 245343, 241327, 242327,244665.
 
The list of courses offered by Mohamed Sathak Engineering College are as follows;

U.G Courses
1	B.E. Aeronautical Engineering
2	B. Arch (Bachelor of Architecture - 5 years duration)
3	B.Tech. Chemical Engineering
4	B.E. Civil Engineering
5	B.E. Computer Science & Engineering
6	B.E. Electronics and Communication Engineering
7	B.E. Electrical and Electronic Engineering
8	B.Tech. Information Technology
9	B.E. Marine Engineering
10	B.E. Mechanical Engineering

P.G Courses
1	MBA - Master of Business Administration (Full time & Part-time)
2	MCA - Master of Computer Application
3	M E – Computer Science & Engineering
4	M E - Thermal Engineering
5	M E - Applied Electronics
6	M E - Power systems Engineering
7	M E - Structural Engineering

1	Science And Humanities

 

 The ambience and the education standard are very high in Mohamed Sathak Engineering College, Kilakarai.

Mohamed sathak engineering college kilakarai/keelakarai is waiting for moderation. If you know more about this college please send your post to kingofkilakarai@gmail.com 

Airport in Kilakarai

Nearest Airport for Kilakarai

There is no airport in kilakarai but people can get down at the nearest airport like Madurai and Tuticorin and from that they can hire a cab or can come by train or Bus to reach kilakarai.

Nearest Airport is Tuticorin (Vagaikulam) at approximately 110 kilometers.

Municipality in Kilakarai

Keelakarai Municipality

Kilakarai Municipality was formed after the successful granularity levels. Lets see out how...?

In 1885 under the British government, Kilakarai was represented as a panchayat with the government order. Later in 1982 it has been promoted as Special Town panchayat by the director of town panchayat, chennai. After a long time, It has been promoted to a third grade Municipality. Municipality is governed by the chairman of Kilakarai.

Kilakarai municipality is easily accessible by kilakarai citizens. Kilakarai people can go to municipality or can contact them for paying taxes or for getting certificates such as Birth and Death, Building Plan, Trade License etc.

Indian government has launched a website for keelakarai Municpality. you can access it in the below url

http://municipality.tn.gov.in/keelakarai/egovernance.html 

 

Minibus in kilakarai

Mini Bus helps villagers to reach kilakarai

There are few mini buses running in Kilakarai route to transport the poeple to village areas. There are some villages near kilakarai. they are; Mayakulam, chinna mayakulam, periya mayakulam, Mangala eeswari nagar, pullanthai etc. There are no public transportation available for these areas. So some small private buses are equipped for this criteria, and the buses are popularly called as Mini Buses, the fare is also very less when compared to public buses and the feature of minibus is that it will go inside the village and helps the villages to reach their home in a less number of walk steps.

"Benazir" Minibus is among the one which takes the villagers to reach kilakarai for their day-to-day life. Owner of this Bus is the great Ex-Service Men Mr.Abdul kader (Mayakulam)

Kankatchiamman Temple in Mayakulam village

Kankatchi amman Temple 

Kankatchi amman Temple is located in Mayakulam village near Kilakarai under the Ramanathapuram district This temple has superior powers and people in Mayakulam village believes that the goddess in this temple  saves  from all evils incurred to them. 

The festival for this temple is taken place every year around the time of Diwali. During this season a important thing to be noted is the offering of  Paniyaram ( A South Indian Dish) to the kankatchi amman goddess. On this occassion people gathers in front of the temple, setting a big stove and keep a vessel filled with cooking oil on it to make the Paniyaram. Once the paniyaram is cooked, the priest in the temple will take it out using his both hands with out any burns in his hands, After than the people who had fasting on a certain period before the occasion would do the same as like priest.

Another wonder is that the priest would lit the light with water instead of oil. He will go to the sea shore of mayakulam and get some water and pour it into the Light and make it lighted.

For seeing these wonders, people in and around mayakulam village will rush together. After the function is over, people will be served with good food. This is the main function which must be seen by every individuals at Kankatchi amman Temple.

Bharat Petrol Bunk in Kilakarai

Petrol Pump in Kilakarai

There is no petrol bunk inside kilakarai, A old petrol bunk was there, near the light house and its not functioning now but the petrol pumping machine is still in the same place with rust and left unused. we could see the foot print of the petrol pump there.

Old Petrol Bunk, Kilakarai

Bharat petrol bunk is the currently running pump serving petrol to the people in and around kilakarai and also to the people who are passing by with their vehicle with lack of petrol in the fuel tank. Bharat petrol bunk is very close to Mukku Road in kilakarai. Kilakarai people have to come to mukku road for applying petrol. In Mukku Road there is an Arch "Vallal Seethakathi Thorana Vaayil", next to the arch is the Petrol Bunk

Roads in Kilakarai

Kilakarai Roads

Kilakarai Roads are of medium level roads. There are two main roads in kilakarai, among that the road goes from mukku road to the beach is the biggest road in kilakarai and another main road is the one which diverts to bustand. Both of the roads are medium level roads. A bus and a auto can surpass on the road and the road has few potholes. Nearby kilakarai market, the road would be always blocked by people in kilakarai. 

In the rainy season the road will be flooded up with drains, that causes many flues to the people in kilakarai. The roads in the streets are of not good in quality when compared to the roads in other towns.

Kilakarai Roads

There are more sands and stones found in almost all of the roads in kilakarai streets. Many vehicles are skidding on the roads because of the clusters of sands on the road.

People in kilakarai are expecting that the kilakarai municipality has to take some measures in removing the sand clusters and stones on the roads. Also the speed breakers are very less near schools and hospitals that causes minor accidents to the school going kids in a periodical time gap.

Above all Kilakarai Roads are not worth enough.

Meaning of kilakarai

Why Kilakarai is being called as Kilakarai

 

Name kilakarai is self explanatory if you know Tamil language (தமிழ்).

In Early decades, people in and around Ramanathapuram had commodity to commodity exchange with srilankan people. They had their starting place at the east-end of the Ramanathapuram district, From there they would start moving to srilanka with their boats with goods.

On a fixed occasional day, people in and around Ramanathapuram area would go into the middle of the sea and at the same time certain people from srilanka would move towards the middle of the sea to interchange the  available goods in their respective places. People in ramanathapuram area had defined a spot to start their boat sailing, As the spot is at the east-end, they started calling it as kilakku Karai. As the people started pronouncing the name for decades, the seperate words got overlapped and changed it as "kilakarai". This is how kilakarai crowned its name. 

Keelakarai name meaning