OverView of Nagandur

General belief among the villagers was that the name of the village originally derived from Tamil name (Namam + Voor) Namam, which means Holy sign or mark worn in the fore-head of Vishnu workshippers or devotees so called Vaishnara. Voor means Village. While few others believe that name was originated from Tamil name (Naaga + Voor) Naaga, which means Cobra. Voor means Village. Neverless, all agree with uniqueness of this village name.

It is placed on Villupuram District, Gingee Taluk, under Vallam block. It is located exactly 15.6 Kilometers distance from its Historical taluk town Gingee. And 24.6 Kilometers far from its district main town Villupuram. Frequency transport service is lacking still date, however bus service are available from Villupuram, Vikravandi, Tindivanam, Rettanai and Gingee.

Nagandur Village Panchayat consists of villages such as Periya nagandur, Chinna nagandur, Thalavalapattu and Marur. Total resident population were about 6,33,647 (approximately 6 Lakhs) including childrens as per recent Census -2011 year report. This village panchayat has some basic amenities such as

1.      Government Schools at Marur and Thalavalapattu.

2.      Primary Health care center at Marur.

3.      Post office at Nagandur.

4.      Village administrative officer (VOC) office at Nagandur.

5.      Nagandur Primary Agricultural Cooperative Bank at Nagandur.

6.      Milk Co-operative booths at all respective Villages.

7.      Funeral or Burial ground at all respective Villages.

8.      Bore-well for drink water at all respective Villages.

9.      Electricity (EB) sub-station at Nagandur.

10.  Big lake at Nagandur.

11.  Small ponds at all respective Villages.

12.  Temples, Churches (at all respective Villages) in addition Marur only has Mosque.

However, it lacks in few basic amenities for example Emergency care center, educational institutions, electricity office and Veterinary hospital etc.

Agriculture is the main occupation here. Especially paddy (wet land) and ground-nut or peanut (dry land) are the main crops cultivated here. Some minor crops cultivated here are Sugarcane, cotton and sesame.

Perumal temple or koil in Nagandur village is good old and well known temple among neighbouring villages. It was constructed well and crossed more than 70 years of old. It has very unique features such as

1.      North direction facing temple main entrance.

2.      North direction facing Moolavar, a single idol consists of two God and one Goddess such as Sri Ram at center, Sri Seetha Devi to far right and Sri Lakshman to far left side. This north direction, which is said to be the direction of God Guberan (the Lord of wealth).

3.      East direction facing Sri Anjaneya or Sri Hanuman, which is said to be direction of Sun God.

4.      Especially Vadakalai, which means U shaped naama sculpture in stone wall around the temple.

5.       This temple is non-government or private temple.

Villagers celebrates all festival, especially Tamil New Year, Pongal, Deepavali or Diwali  and other religious festivals also.