Olapadi

India / Tamil Nadu / Attur /
This Village in Past Surrounded by Palm Trees. The Leaves of the Palm trees were Used for weaving the roof of Huts ( see sample Image ). In Tamil the Palm Leaves are Called as " Olai ". Hence this village Got the Name " Olaipaadi " and Now Shortly Abbreviated as " Olapaadi "
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pethanaickenpalayam
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Coordinates:   11°37'34"N   78°29'55"E

Comments

  • I'm Idhaya Chandran. Nomenclature for Ollapadi Or Olaipadi. The living land next to PANAI LAKE ( PANAI YERI ), was used palm leaves (OLAI) for construction and domestic purpose. So, then it was named as Olaipatti or Olaipadi.
  • I m arun..
  • Ter are 3 more villages are there in the same name called ' olaipaadi ' on d districts of trichy, tiruvanamalai and tanjavur.. Which one is old among these?
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