The divine coast of South India - Nagapattinam

Have you ever heard about Nagapattinam? If not, this guide is for you. Nagapattinam is one of the towns in Tamil Nadu and located in Nagapattinam district. It also the capital of the district. The town has a historical relationship with British and French people. The town has located in the shining coast of Bay of Bengal called as “ Vangala Viriguda” by locals. It means the broad Bengal sea.

The town was once famous for conducting the trading with Greece and Rome, but it lasts fame as the trade was gone inactive after some time. To Reach Nagapattinam from Chennai, you can go for bus booking for AC and Volvo bus for comfortable travel.

The place has a gained its popularity due to the world famous Christian Temple located in Velankanni in Nagapattinam. The temple was actually built by Portuguese sailors who once was believed to saved by Mother Mary. When you visit the temple, you can notice the architectural style of Europe.

The town has been becoming very famous due to the God Mary in the temple. A lot of people from various religious has been visiting the temple for a long time. People are praying the god with some requests in their mind, and once it was fulfilled, they visit the place to give their pay pack to the god. To pay the vow people to follow some Hindu Traditions. No wonder about this type behavior since the temple belongs to all kind of religious people.

Let us take a look at the temple architecture. The temple has located almost near to the beach and you can easily reach the beach by taking few step walks from the temple. As the beach is a sand foundation, the constructors of the temple taken this into consideration and built the solid basis for the building to make it durable. Even though the temple was built almost 300 years ago, it still poses the power of modern day strong building.

The entire temple is whitewashed and always looks brighter. You can see a lot of beggars around the temple as seen on multiple temples in Tamilnadu. The local people in there have many stalls around the beach. A lot of barbershops are there to Hello you to finish your vow. The funniest part is the who runs the barber shop have been using Actors and Actress head shaved photo there to attract their clients(People who vow to God).

When you walk towards the beach side, you will notice a lot of food stall there with a variety of fish food. They are very much tasty; especially you may like the prawn very much more than any other typical seafood.  

The main advantage of eating in Seaside towns is freshness. Yes, you read it right. If you are from a city which located in the inner side of the land more than 200KM from Sea, most of the time you will eat processed fishes and other sea species. But here not such situation will occur for you. The prices of the Species are too low since the sea is near to you and the production also high.

So whenever you go to any seaside, you shall try to eat seafood for its freshness. When you get back to your home, you can’t have the same chance. A lot of small stalls are located on the beach side. The air from the sea is cool, and it is speedy due to non-resistance above the sea crust. The stalls have the bench and chair in front of the sea. It gives you more comfortable to sit and enjoy your meal along with the sea scenery.

The beach has moderate depth rate when you are walking towards the sea. Some areas have water level up to your knee. But not all that place. The police and rescue team have marked a particular area in the sea. It is the border for people who swim in the sea. They are recommended to not to cross the border as it is dangerous and deep area can cause death.

The town was once suffered from Tsunami attack in Indian ocean territory. That caused a significant loss and damage and stunned the people. A lot of lives were gone, and a lot of people lost their relationship and became the orphan. This was a huge tragedy that occurred to the people and still make people sad.

Pondicherry is near to Nagapattinam. Citizens in India May do not know about Nagapattinam, but all would have known Pondicherry especially youths. Though Pondicherry is separate union territory, all people live there are Tamil Nadu, and it just ruled separately from Tamil Nadu.

The nearest famous temple city is Thanjavur and Kumbakonam. There are some other places to visit in Nagapattinam other than Velankanni. One is Tharangambadi. The place has history behind it as once it was used by Denish people who visited India for trading purpose.

Vedaranyam is famous for its bird sanctuary. There is forest along with a lake. It attracts millions of birds from all over the world for every season. You must visit there to see the different type of bird species. The each bird type you see there will be a new one, and I bet you may not see that before in your life. Those birds are coming from 10’s of 1000’s of miles away from the place. Most of them have crossed continents to reach the place.

You can easily reach Nagapattinam by online bus ticket booking in advance so that you won't be run on a rush in season times.