Ethnographic Study of Pudupathy Village

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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?

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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!!

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Ethnographic Study of Pudupathy Village