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Ethnographi
c StudyPudupathy Village, Coimbatore District.Vijay Rajmohan
08.06.2014
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The Team
Vijay Rajmohan and Smitha for Pudupathy
Village.
Suresh and Soni Vie! for ChinnampathyVillage.
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"bjectie
To isit the tribal illages of Pudupathy and
Chinnampathy and conduct ethnographic
study.
To hone our obseration s!ills .
#nderstand the people, their culture, liing
enironment and issues faced by them.
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$ethodology
%nformal %nterie&s.
Continuous dialogues.
Chit'chatting.
(otes.
Photos.
Personal (arraties.
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"erie& ' Pudupathy
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) *ms from the main +rna!ulam Coimbatore -igh&ay.
There is a prominent board at the high&ay pointing to Pudupathy.
There is also a board adertising Country Club/ resort, there is a
board about 0CC cement factory/.
There are t&o rail&ay trac!s before the illage on the road thatleads to the Village.
0t the entrance, around 1 !m before, there is a forest chec! post.Vehicles can/t enter in &ithout registering here.
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Village is surrounded by a moat on one side to preent elephantsfrom coming in.
%t has 23 43 houses.
$ost of the houses are pucca. The fe& huts are used as additionalrooms, shala/.
Concrete roads, drin!ing &ater facility, drainage aailable.
0t the entrance, there is a prominent 5anesh temple. %rulas/ tribaldeities are slightly a&ay.
There is a community hall built under 6a&ahar +mploymentScheme during 1772'74.
0ll belong to %rula tribe 'land donated by Thambi 5ounder. Theyhae moed do&n from the mountains, fe& generations ago.
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+ducation
Thangamani
*aruppanna
n
0jith *umar
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Village has a Primary school, a 8al&adi under %CDS project
of 9orld 8an!, a (utrition meal centre.
1) students are studying. Teacher comes from Coimbatore. 4
!ids are in 8al&adi.
Dhanusia/, a nine year old student of the school doesn/t
!no& numbers, alphabets.
"ne boy, 0jith *umar/ has finished 1:th and got admission
to +ngineering college +C+ branch.
"ne girl, Thangamani/ has completed TTC and is getting
married on 7th 6une, :312.
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;iing Standards
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-ouses hae *alaignar/ TV. $any SunT/ satellite dish antennas are
seen. TV room built around 12 years ago is remaining idle andloc!ed.
0 peep into one hut reealed the presence of follo&ing< Colour TV,
$i=er 5rinder, >an, Rice 5rinder and %nduction stoe? electricity is
aailable most of the time e=cept for a t&o hour cut in the late
afternoon.
The pucca houses constructed )3 years ago are replaced &ith RCC
roofed houses.
There are hand pumps.
Centrali@ed drin!ing &ater facility has been recently updated underThai schemeA there is oerhead tan!.
Toilet facilities are about to be constructed.
The residents are agricultural laborers. $en get around :43 rupeesA
&omen get 1:3'143 rupees
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Village has many co&s, goats they &ere
proided under Self help group assistance.
-ens &ere also seen probably gro&n bythe illagers themseles.
$any solar lamp posts throughout the
Villages and on roads.
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"ther "bserations..
There is a 5anesh temple at the center of the illage.
Their traditional temple is a&ay. 0part from mainstream
hindu gods, they &orship *aruppu Rayan and other male B
female goddesses.
%mpact of sans!ritisationtamil cinema *aruppannan/s son
is 0jith *umar. There &ere t&o 0jith *umars in the illage.
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Dhanusia
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%ssues
Transport (o bus after E pm.
+ducation 0fter elementary, the students
need to trael to Chaadi.
-ospital, $ain mar!et are at Chaadi.
+lephant menace an elephant has come
inside the illage a day before at 4 0$.
$on!eys "ther animals?
P ibl f
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Possible areas for
Studies.. >orest Chec!'post B problems related to >orest Department.
%ssues about 0CC cement factory
%ssues about other F8eerG factory
%ssues about Country club
Tasmac related issues in the Village.
9hat happened during Veerappan hunt &as it also affected
8order %ssues it is located on *erala, Tamilnadu border.
+lephant menace.
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Thanks!!